| Word | Definition |
| abbreviations20 | a shortened form of a word or phrase |
| abiogenically21 | |
| abnormalities17 | an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies |
| abolitionisms17 | the doctrine that calls for the abolition of slavery |
| abolitionists15 | a reformer who favors abolishing slavery |
| abortifacient20 | a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion |
| absorbability22 | |
| abstractional17 | |
| abusivenesses18 | |
| accelerations17 | an increase in rate of change |
| accelerometer19 | an instrument for measuring the acceleration of aircraft or rockets |
| accentuations17 | the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance |
| acceptability24 | satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards |
| acceptingness20 | |
| accessibility22 | the quality of being at hand when needed |
| accessorising18 | |
| accessorizing27 | |
| acciaccaturas21 | an embellishing note usually written in smaller size |
| acclimatising20 | get used to a certain climate |
| acclimatizers28 | |
| acclimatizing29 | get used to a certain climate |
| accommodating23 | be agreeable or acceptable to |
| accommodation22 | making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances |
| accommodative25 | helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation |
| accommodators22 | someone who performs a service or does a favor |
| accompaniment23 | an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another |
| accomplishers24 | |
| accomplishing25 | put in effect |
| accordionists18 | a musician who plays the accordion |
| accouchements24 | the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child |
| accountancies19 | the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business |
| accouterments19 | clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing |
| accoutrements19 | clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing |
| accreditation18 | the act of granting credit or recognition (especially with respect to educational institution that maintains suitable standards) |
| acculturating18 | assimilate culturally |
| acculturation17 | the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture |
| acculturative20 | of or relating to acculturation |
| accumulations19 | an increase by natural growth or addition |
| accustomation19 | |
| acetaldehydes23 | a colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs |
| acetaminophen22 | an analgesic for mild pain but not for inflammation; also used as an antipyretic; (Datril, Tylenol, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, and Anacin III are trademarks of brands of acetaminophen tablets) |
| acetazolamide27 | |
| acetification20 | |
| acetonitriles15 | |
| acetylcholine23 | a neurotransmitter that is a derivative of choline; released at the ends of nerve fibers in the somatic and parasympathetic nervous systems |
| achlorhydrias25 | an abnormal deficiency or absence of free hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice; often associated with severe anemias and cancer of the stomach |
| achromatizing30 | remove color from |
| acidification21 | the process of becoming acid or being converted into an acid |
| acknowledging25 | declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of |
| acquaintances26 | personal knowledge or information about someone or something |
| acquiescences28 | acceptance without protest |
| acquiescently29 | |
| acquisitional24 | |
| acquisitively30 | |
| acrimoniously20 | |
| acrobatically22 | |
| acronymically25 | |
| acrylonitrile18 | a colorless liquid unsaturated nitrile made from propene |
| actinometries17 | measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (especially of the sun's rays) |
| actinomorphic24 | capable of division into symmetrical halves by any longitudinal plane passing through the axis |
| actinomycetes22 | any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales |
| actinomycoses22 | |
| actinomycosis22 | disease of cattle that can be transmitted to humans; results from infection with actinomycetes; characterized by hard swellings that exude pus through long sinuses |
| actinomycotic24 | of or related to actinomycosis infection |
| actualization24 | making real or giving the appearance of reality |
| acupuncturist19 | |
| adaptednesses17 | |
| adiabatically21 | |
| adjudications24 | the final judgment in a legal proceeding; the act of pronouncing judgment based on the evidence presented |
| adjustability26 | |
| admeasurement18 | |
| administering17 | work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of |
| administrable18 | capable of being administered or managed |
| administrants16 | |
| administrated17 | work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of |
| administrates16 | work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of |
| administrator16 | someone who administers a business |
| admirableness18 | admirable excellence |
| admissibility21 | acceptability by virtue of being admissible |
| admonishingly23 | |
| admonishments21 | a firm rebuke |
| adorabilities16 | extreme attractiveness |
| adrenalectomy21 | surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands |
| adrenochromes21 | |
| adulterations14 | being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating |
| adumbratively24 | |
| adventuresome19 | willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises |
| adventuresses17 | a woman adventurer |
| adventuristic19 | of or pertaining to adventurism |
| adventurously20 | |
| adversariness17 | |
| adversatively23 | |
| adversenesses17 | |
| advertisement19 | a public promotion of some product or service |
| advertizement28 | a public promotion of some product or service |
| advisableness19 | |
| aerobiologies16 | |
| aerodynamical21 | |
| aeroembolisms19 | obstruction of the circulatory system caused by an air bubble as, e.g., accidentally during surgery or hypodermic injection or as a complication from scuba diving |
| aeromechanics22 | the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of gases (especially air) and their effects on bodies in the flow |
| aeromedicines18 | the study and treatment of disorders associated with flight (especially with space flight) |
| aesthetically21 | in a tasteful way |
| aestheticians18 | a worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.) |
| aestheticisms20 | |
| aestheticized28 | |
| aestheticizes27 | |
| affectability26 | |
| affectionally24 | |
| affectionless21 | |
| affectivities24 | |
| affenpinscher26 | European breed of small dog resembling a terrier with dark wiry hair and a tufted muzzle |
| affirmatively27 | in an affirmative manner |
| affordability25 | |
| afforestation19 | the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting) |
| afterthoughts23 | thinking again about a choice previously made |
| agamospermies20 | |
| agelessnesses14 | the quality of being timeless and eternal |
| aggiornamento17 | |
| agglomerating18 | form into one cluster |
| agglomeration17 | a jumbled collection or mass |
| agglomerative20 | clustered together but not coherent |
| agglutinating16 | string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language) |
| agglutination15 | a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins) |
| agglutinative18 | forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning |
| agglutinogens16 | any substance that acts as an antigen to cause agglutinin production |
| aggregateness16 | |
| aggregational16 | |
| aggregatively22 | |
| aggrievements20 | |
| agonistically19 | |
| agranulocytes19 | |
| agreeableness16 | pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions |
| agrichemicals23 | |
| agriculturist16 | someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil |
| agrochemicals23 | |
| agroforesters17 | |
| agronomically21 | |
| aimlessnesses15 | the quality of lacking any definite purpose |
| airfreighting21 | transport (cargo) by air |
| airlessnesses13 | |
| airsicknesses19 | motion sickness experienced while traveling by air (especially during turbulence) |
| airworthiness19 | fitness to fly |
| alchemistical22 | of or relating to alchemists |
| alcoholically23 | |
| aldolizations23 | |
| aldosteronism16 | a condition caused by overproduction of aldosterone |
| algebraically21 | in an algebraic manner |
| alimentations15 | a source of materials to nourish the body |
| alkalimetries19 | volumetric analysis using standard solutions of alkali to measure the amount of acid present |
| allegorically19 | in an allegorical manner |
| allelomorphic22 | of or relating to alleles |
| allelopathies18 | |
| allergenicity19 | |
| alliterations13 | use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse |
| allomorphisms22 | |
| allopolyploid21 | |
| allotypically23 | |
| alphabetizers29 | a literate person who can arrange items in alphabetical order |
| alphabetizing30 | arrange in alphabetical order |
| alphanumerics22 | a character set that includes letters and digits and punctuation |
| alternatively19 | in place of, or as an alternative to |
| amalgamations18 | the combination of two or more commercial companies |
| amativenesses18 | the arousal of feelings of sexual desire |
| ambassadorial18 | of or relating to or characteristic of ambassadors |
| ambidexterity28 | the property of being equally skillful with each hand |
| ambiguousness18 | |
| ambisexuality27 | |
| ambitiousness17 | a strong drive for success |
| ameliorations15 | the act of relieving ills and changing for the better |
| amenabilities17 | the trait of being cooperative |
| amiablenesses17 | a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) |
| amicabilities19 | a disinclination to quarrel |
| aminoaciduria18 | abnormal presence of amino acids in the urine; usually a symptom of metabolic defects |
| aminophylline23 | a theophylline derivative that is used as a bronchodilator in the treatment of bronchial asthma, emphysema, and bronchitis |
| amitriptyline20 | a tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Elavil) with serious side effects; interacts with many other medications |
| amniocenteses17 | (pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities |
| amniocentesis17 | (pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities |
| amorousnesses15 | a feeling of love or fondness |
| amorphousness20 | |
| amortizations24 | the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years |
| amphibologies23 | an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes |
| amphictyonies25 | an association of neighboring states or tribes in ancient Greece; established originally to defend a common religious center |
| amphidiploids24 | (genetics) an organism or cell having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parent |
| amphidiploidy27 | the condition of being amphidiploid |
| amphiploidies23 | |
| amphiprostyle25 | marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure |
| amphitheaters23 | a sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater) |
| amphitheatric25 | of or related to an amphitheater |
| amplification22 | addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail |
| amusingnesses16 | |
| anachronistic20 | chronologically misplaced |
| anachronously21 | |
| anaerobically20 | |
| anagrammatize27 | read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning |
| analogousness14 | |
| analphabetics22 | an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet |
| analphabetism22 | an inability to read |
| analyticities18 | the property of being analytic |
| analyzability30 | |
| anaphorically23 | |
| anaphrodisiac21 | tending to diminish sexual desire |
| anaphylactoid24 | |
| anathematized28 | curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment |
| anathematizes27 | curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment |
| anchorpersons20 | a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute |
| ancientnesses15 | extreme oldness |
| andouillettes14 | |
| androsterones14 | an androgenic hormone that is less active than testosterone |
| anecdotalisms18 | |
| anecdotalists16 | |
| anecdotically21 | |
| anencephalies20 | a defect in brain development resulting in small or missing brain hemispheres |
| anesthetizing26 | administer an anesthetic drug to |
| anfractuosity21 | |
| angelologists15 | |
| angiographies20 | roentgenographic examination of blood vessels after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium; produces an angiogram |
| angioplasties16 | an operation to repair a damaged blood vessel or unblock a coronary artery |
| angiospermous18 | of or related to or characteristic of plants that are angiosperms |
| anglicization25 | the act of anglicizing; making English in appearance |
| animadversion19 | harsh criticism or disapproval |
| animadverting20 | express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation |
| animalization24 | a depiction in the form of an animal |
| animatenesses15 | the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life |
| anisometropia17 | difference in the refractive power of the two eyes |
| anisometropic19 | relating to a difference in the refractive power of the two eyes |
| anisotropisms17 | |
| annexationist20 | |
| annihilations16 | destruction by annihilating something |
| anniversaries16 | the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it) |
| announcements17 | a formal public statement |
| annunciations15 | a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland |
| anomalousness15 | deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule |
| anonymousness18 | |
| antediluvians17 | any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge |
| antepenultima17 | the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end |
| anthelmintics20 | a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms |
| anthologizers26 | |
| anthologizing27 | compile an anthology |
| anthophyllite24 | a dark brown mineral of the amphibole group; magnesium iron silicate |
| anthranilates16 | |
| anthraquinone25 | |
| anthropogenic21 | of or relating to the study of the origins and development of human beings |
| anthropometry23 | measurement and study of the human body and its parts and capacities |
| anthropomorph25 | |
| anthropophagi24 | |
| anthropophagy27 | human cannibalism; the eating of human flesh |
| anthroposophy26 | a system of beliefs and practices based on the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner; it claims to integrate the practical and psychological in child-centered education |
| antiaircrafts18 | artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes |
| antiapartheid19 | opposing the policy of apartheid in South Africa |
| antiarthritic18 | |
| antiarthritis16 | |
| antiauthority19 | |
| antibacterial17 | any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth |
| antibillboard18 | |
| antiblackisms23 | |
| antibourgeois16 | |
| anticellulite15 | |
| anticigarette16 | |
| anticipatable19 | |
| anticipations17 | an expectation |
| anticlassical17 | |
| anticlericals17 | |
| anticlimactic21 | of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style |
| anticlockwise24 | in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock |
| anticoagulant16 | medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood |
| anticollision15 | |
| anticommunism21 | |
| anticommunist19 | |
| anticorporate17 | |
| anticorrosion15 | |
| anticorrosive18 | |
| antidesiccant18 | |
| antidiarrheal17 | a drug used to control or stop diarrhea |
| antielectrons15 | an elementary particle with positive charge; interaction of a positron and an electron results in annihilation |
| antiepileptic19 | a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy) |
| antiestrogens14 | |
| antievolution16 | |
| antifeminisms20 | activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women |
| antifeminists18 | someone who does not believe in the social or economic or political equality of men and women |
| antifertility19 | capable of preventing conception or impregnation |
| antiforeigner17 | |
| antiformalist18 | |
| antigenically19 | |
| antiglobulins16 | |
| antigravities17 | |
| antiguerrilla14 | |
| antihistamine18 | a medicine used to treat allergies and hypersensitive reactions and colds; works by counteracting the effects of histamine on a receptor site |
| antihumanisms20 | |
| antihysterics21 | |
| antilittering14 | |
| antilogarithm19 | the number of which a given number is the logarithm |
| antimacassars17 | a piece of ornamented cloth that protects the back of a chair from hair oils |
| antimalarials15 | a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria |
| antimarijuana22 | |
| antimechanist20 | |
| antimetabolic19 | |
| antimicrobial19 | an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease |
| antimodernist16 | |
| antinarrative16 | |
| antineutrinos13 | the antiparticle of a neutrino |
| antinomianism17 | the theological doctrine that by faith and God's grace a Christian is freed from all laws (including the moral standards of the culture) |
| antinovelists16 | |
| antiobscenity20 | |
| antiparasitic17 | |
| antiparticles17 | a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties; interaction of a particle and its antiparticle results in annihilation and the production of radiant energy |
| antipersonnel15 | designed to inflict death or personal injury rather than material destruction |
| antipesticide18 | |
| antiphonaries18 | bound collection of antiphons |
| antipolitical17 | |
| antipollution15 | intended to reduce pollution |
| antipruritics17 | a substance that relieves or prevents itching |
| antipsychotic25 | tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired |
| antirecession15 | |
| antirejection22 | |
| antireligious14 | |
| antirheumatic20 | |
| antiritualism15 | |
| antiromantics17 | |
| antiroyalists16 | |
| antisatellite13 | of or relating to a system to destroy satellites in orbit |
| antiscorbutic19 | |
| antisexuality23 | |
| antismuggling18 | |
| antisocialist15 | |
| antispasmodic20 | a drug used to relieve or prevent spasms (especially of the smooth muscles) |
| antisubmarine17 | defensive against enemy submarines |
| antisymmetric22 | |
| antiterrorism15 | |
| antiterrorist13 | |
| antithrombins20 | |
| anxiousnesses20 | (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic |
| aortographies19 | |
| apathetically23 | in an apathetic manner |
| apatosauruses15 | huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic |
| aperiodically21 | |
| aphrodisiacal21 | exciting sexual desire |
| apiculturists17 | a farmer who keeps bees for their honey |
| apocalyptical24 | prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom |
| apocalyptisms24 | |
| apocalyptists22 | |
| apodictically23 | |
| apomictically24 | |
| apostrophised21 | use an apostrophe |
| apostrophises20 | use an apostrophe |
| apostrophized30 | use an apostrophe |
| apostrophizes29 | use an apostrophe |
| apotheosizing28 | deify or glorify |
| appealability22 | |
| appellatively23 | |
| apperceptions21 | the process whereby perceived qualities of an object are related to past experience |
| applicability24 | relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand |
| applicatively25 | |
| appoggiaturas19 | an embellishing note usually written in smaller size |
| apportionable19 | capable of being distributed |
| apportionment19 | the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan |
| appraisements19 | |
| appreciations19 | understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something |
| apprehensible22 | capable of being apprehended or understood |
| apprehensibly25 | |
| apprehensions20 | fearful expectation or anticipation |
| appropriately22 | in an appropriate manner |
| appropriating20 | give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause |
| appropriation19 | money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose |
| appropriative22 | of or relating to or given to the act of taking for yourself |
| appropriators19 | someone who takes for his or her own use (especially without permission) |
| approximately29 | (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct |
| approximating27 | be close or similar |
| approximation26 | an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth |
| approximative29 | not quite exact or correct |
| appurtenances19 | equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. |
| aptitudinally19 | |
| aquaculturist24 | |
| arabicization26 | |
| arbitrariness15 | the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment |
| arbitrational15 | relating to or resulting from arbitration |
| arborescences19 | |
| arboriculture17 | the cultivation of tree for the production of timber |
| arborizations24 | |
| archaeologies19 | the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures |
| archaeologist19 | an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture |
| archaeopteryx30 | extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds |
| archbishopric27 | the territorial jurisdiction of an archbishop |
| archduchesses24 | a wife or widow of an archduke or a princess of the former ruling house of Austria |
| archegoniates19 | |
| archidiaconal21 | of or relating to an archdeacon or his office |
| archimandrite21 | the superior of an abbey of monks |
| archipelagoes21 | a group of many islands in a large body of water |
| architectonic22 | of or pertaining to construction or architecture |
| architectural20 | of or pertaining to the art and science of architecture |
| architectures20 | an architectural product or work |
| arduousnesses14 | extreme effortfulness |
| argentiferous17 | containing or yielding silver |
| argumentation16 | a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal |
| argumentative19 | given to or characterized by argument |
| aristocracies17 | a privileged class holding hereditary titles |
| arithmetician20 | someone who specializes in arithmetic |
| armamentarium19 | the collection of equipment and methods used in the practice of medicine |
| aromaticities17 | |
| aromatization24 | |
| arsenopyrites18 | a silver-white or grey ore of arsenic |
| arsphenamines20 | |
| arteriography22 | roentgenographic examination of arteries |
| arteriovenous16 | connecting an artery to a vein |
| arthritically21 | |
| arthropathies21 | a pathology or abnormality of a joint |
| arthroscopies20 | a minimally invasive operation to repair a damaged joint; the surgeon examines the joint with an arthroscope while making repairs through a small incision |
| articulations15 | the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech |
| artificiality21 | the quality of being produced by people and not occurring naturally |
| artlessnesses13 | the quality of innocent naivete |
| ascertainable17 | capable of being ascertained or found out |
| ascertainment17 | |
| aspergilloses16 | severe respiratory disease of birds that takes the form of an acute rapidly fatal pneumonia in young chickens and turkeys |
| aspergillosis16 | severe respiratory disease of birds that takes the form of an acute rapidly fatal pneumonia in young chickens and turkeys |
| asphyxiations28 | the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) |
| assassinating14 | murder; especially of socially prominent persons |
| assassination13 | an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation |
| assassinators13 | a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed |
| assemblagists18 | |
| assemblywoman25 | a woman assemblyman |
| assemblywomen25 | a woman assemblyman |
| assertiveness16 | aggressive self-assurance; given to making bold assertions |
| asseverations16 | a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) |
| assiduousness14 | great and constant diligence and attention |
| assignability19 | |
| assimilations15 | the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family |
| assistantship18 | |
| associateship20 | the position of associate (as in an office or academy) |
| associational15 | of or relating to associations or associationism |
| associatively21 | |
| associativity21 | |
| assortatively19 | |
| assurednesses14 | great coolness and composure under strain |
| asthenosphere21 | the lower layer of the crust |
| asthmatically23 | |
| astonishingly20 | in an amazing manner; to everyone's surprise |
| astonishments18 | the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising |
| astringencies16 | a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker |
| astrocytomata20 | |
| astronautical15 | of or belonging to astronauts or the science of astronautics |
| astrophysical23 | of or concerned with astrophysics |
| asynchronisms23 | the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times |
| asyndetically22 | |
| atavistically21 | |
| atheistically21 | |
| atherogeneses17 | |
| atherogenesis17 | the formation of atheromas on the walls of the arteries as in atherosclerosis |
| atomistically20 | |
| atrociousness15 | the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane |
| attainability18 | the state of being achievable |
| attentiveness16 | paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people) |
| attitudinally17 | |
| attitudinised15 | assume certain affected attitudes |
| attitudinises14 | assume certain affected attitudes |
| attitudinized24 | assume certain affected attitudes |
| attitudinizes23 | assume certain affected attitudes |
| attorneyships21 | the position of attorney |
| attractancies17 | |
| attributional15 | |
| attributively21 | in an attributive manner |
| atypicalities20 | any state that is not typical |
| audaciousness16 | fearless daring |
| audiocassette16 | a cassette for audiotape |
| augmentations16 | the amount by which something increases |
| augmentatives19 | |
| auscultations15 | listening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope) |
| austerenesses13 | extreme plainness |
| autecological18 | |
| authentically21 | genuinely; with authority |
| authenticated19 | establish the authenticity of something |
| authenticates18 | establish the authenticity of something |
| authenticator18 | one who determines authenticity (as of works of art) or who guarantees validity |
| authoritarian16 | a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner |
| authoritative19 | having authority or ascendancy or influence |
| authorization25 | a document giving an official instruction or command |
| autobiography24 | a biography of yourself |
| autocatalyses18 | catalysis in which the catalyst is one of the products of the reaction |
| autocatalysis18 | catalysis in which the catalyst is one of the products of the reaction |
| autocatalytic20 | relating to or proceeding by autocatalysis |
| autocephalies20 | |
| autocephalous20 | |
| autochthonous21 | of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formed |
| autoeroticism17 | using you own body as a sexual object |
| autoinfection18 | |
| automatically20 | in a reflex manner |
| automobilists17 | someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile |
| automorphisms22 | |
| autonomically20 | |
| autopolyploid21 | |
| autoradiogram17 | |
| autorotations13 | |
| autosuggested16 | |
| autoxidations21 | |
| availableness18 | the quality of being at hand when needed |
| averagenesses17 | the state of being that is average; indicates normality but with connotations of mediocrity |
| aviculturists18 | |
| avocationally21 | |
| awesomenesses18 | |
| awkwardnesses24 | unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training |
| axiologically26 | |
| axiomatically27 | on the basis of axioms |
| axisymmetries27 | |
| azathioprines27 | an immunosuppressive drug (trade name Imuran) used to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ |
| Word | Definition |
| abandonments17 | the act of giving something up |
| abbreviating20 | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements |
| abbreviation19 | a shortened form of a word or phrase |
| abbreviators19 | one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work |
| abecedarians17 | a novice learning the rudiments of some subject |
| aberrational14 | |
| abjectnesses23 | |
| abolishments19 | the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery) |
| abolitionary17 | relating to or favoring abolition, especially abolition of slavery |
| abolitionism16 | the doctrine that calls for the abolition of slavery |
| abolitionist14 | a reformer who favors abolishing slavery |
| abominations16 | a person who is loathsome or disgusting |
| aboriginally18 | |
| abortionists14 | a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies |
| abortiveness17 | |
| abracadabras19 | gibberish and nonsense |
| abrasiveness17 | the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions |
| abridgements18 | a shortened version of a written work |
| abruptnesses16 | an abrupt discourteous manner |
| absenteeisms16 | habitual absence from work |
| absentminded18 | lost in thought; showing preoccupation |
| absoluteness14 | the quality of being complete or utter or extreme |
| absolutistic16 | pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism |
| absolutizing24 | |
| absorbancies18 | |
| absorbencies18 | the property of being absorbent |
| absorptances18 | a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber |
| absorptivity22 | (physics) the property of a body that determines the fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed or absorbable by the body |
| abstemiously19 | in a sparing manner; without overindulgence |
| abstractable18 | |
| abstractedly20 | in an absentminded or preoccupied manner |
| abstractions16 | a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance |
| abstractness16 | the quality of being considered apart from a specific instance or object |
| abstruseness14 | the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand |
| abstrusities14 | wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound |
| absurdnesses15 | a message whose content is at variance with reason |
| academically22 | in regard to academic matters |
| academicians19 | someone elected to honorary membership in an academy |
| academicisms21 | orthodoxy of a scholastic variety |
| acatalectics18 | (prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllables |
| accelerandos17 | a gradually increasing tempo of music |
| accelerating17 | move faster |
| acceleration16 | an increase in rate of change |
| accelerative19 | tending to increase velocity |
| accelerators16 | a pedal that controls the throttle valve |
| accentuating17 | to stress, single out as important |
| accentuation16 | the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance |
| acceptations18 | acceptance as true or valid |
| accessioning17 | make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library |
| accessorised17 | |
| accessorises16 | |
| accessorized26 | |
| accessorizes25 | |
| acciaccatura20 | an embellishing note usually written in smaller size |
| accidentally20 | without advance planning |
| accipitrines18 | |
| acclamations18 | enthusiastic approval |
| acclimations18 | adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment) |
| acclimatised19 | get used to a certain climate |
| acclimatises18 | get used to a certain climate |
| acclimatized28 | get used to a certain climate |
| acclimatizer27 | |
| acclimatizes27 | get used to a certain climate |
| accommodated22 | be agreeable or acceptable to |
| accommodates21 | be agreeable or acceptable to |
| accommodator21 | someone who performs a service or does a favor |
| accompanists20 | a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano) |
| accompanying24 | be present or associated with an event or entity |
| accomplished24 | put in effect |
| accomplisher23 | |
| accomplishes23 | put in effect |
| accordionist17 | a musician who plays the accordion |
| accouchement23 | the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child |
| accouterment18 | clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing |
| accoutrement18 | clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing |
| accreditable19 | |
| accretionary19 | marked or produced by accretion |
| acculturated17 | assimilate culturally |
| acculturates16 | assimilate culturally |
| accumulating19 | get or gather together |
| accumulation18 | an increase by natural growth or addition |
| accumulative21 | increasing by successive addition |
| accumulators18 | a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes) |
| accurateness16 | |
| accursedness17 | |
| acetaldehyde22 | a colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs |
| acetanilides15 | a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic |
| acetonitrile14 | |
| acetylations17 | the process of introducing an acetyl group into a compound |
| achievements22 | the action of accomplishing something |
| achlorhydria24 | an abnormal deficiency or absence of free hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice; often associated with severe anemias and cancer of the stomach |
| achlorhydric26 | lacking hydrochloric acid |
| achromatisms21 | the visual property of being without chromatic color |
| achromatized29 | remove color from |
| achromatizes28 | remove color from |
| acidimetries17 | volumetric analysis using standard solutions of acids to measure the amount of a base present |
| acidulations15 | |
| acknowledged24 | declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of |
| acknowledges23 | declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of |
| acoustically19 | with respect to acoustics |
| acousticians16 | a physicist who specializes in acoustics |
| acquaintance25 | personal knowledge or information about someone or something |
| acquiescence27 | acceptance without protest |
| acquirements25 | an ability that has been acquired by training |
| acquisitions23 | the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something |
| acquittances25 | a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation |
| acriflavines20 | |
| acrocentrics18 | |
| acromegalics19 | |
| acromegalies17 | enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face; often accompanied by headache and muscle pain and emotional disturbances; caused by overproduction of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary gland (due to a tumor) |
| acrostically19 | |
| actabilities16 | |
| actinometers16 | an instrument for measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (usually by the photochemical effect) |
| actinometric18 | of or related to actinometry |
| actinomorphy24 | |
| actinomycete21 | any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales |
| actinomycins21 | any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria |
| activenesses17 | the state of being active |
| acupressures16 | treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body |
| acupunctures18 | treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin |
| adaptability20 | the ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances |
| adaptational15 | of or relating to adaptation |
| adaptiveness18 | |
| adaptivities18 | |
| additionally17 | in addition, by way of addition; furthermore |
| additivities17 | |
| adenoviruses16 | any of a group of viruses including those that in humans cause upper respiratory infections or infectious pinkeye |
| adequateness22 | the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: |
| adhesiveness19 | the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition |
| adjectivally28 | as an adjective; in an adjectival manner |
| adjournments22 | the termination of a meeting |
| adjudicating24 | put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of |
| adjudication23 | the final judgment in a legal proceeding; the act of pronouncing judgment based on the evidence presented |
| adjudicative26 | concerned with adjudicating |
| adjudicators23 | a person who studies and settles conflicts and disputes |
| adjudicatory26 | concerned with adjudicating |
| adjustmental22 | |
| administered16 | work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of |
| administrant15 | |
| administrate15 | work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of |
| admirability20 | admirable excellence |
| admonishment20 | a firm rebuke |
| admonitorily18 | |
| adolescences17 | the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood |
| adolescently18 | |
| adoptability20 | |
| adoptianisms17 | |
| adoptionisms17 | |
| adoptionists15 | |
| adorableness15 | extreme attractiveness |
| adrenochrome20 | |
| adroitnesses13 | skillful performance or ability without difficulty |
| adscititious15 | added or derived from something outside; not inherent |
| adulterating14 | corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones |
| adulteration13 | being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating |
| adulterators13 | any substance that lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance |
| adulteresses13 | a woman adulterer |
| adulterously16 | in an adulterous manner |
| adumbrations17 | the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand |
| advancements20 | encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something |
| advantageous17 | giving an advantage |
| adventitious16 | associated by chance and not an integral part; - Frederick W. Robertson |
| adventurisms18 | recklessness in politics or foreign affairs |
| adventurists16 | |
| adversatives19 | |
| advertencies18 | the process of being heedful |
| advertisings17 | a public promotion of some product or service |
| advertorials16 | an advertisement that is written and presented in the style of an editorial or journalistic report |
| advisability21 | the quality of being advisable |
| aerobicizing26 | |
| aerodynamics20 | the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of gases (especially air) and their effects on bodies in the flow |
| aeroembolism18 | obstruction of the circulatory system caused by an air bubble as, e.g., accidentally during surgery or hypodermic injection or as a complication from scuba diving |
| aeromagnetic17 | |
| aeromedicine17 | the study and treatment of disorders associated with flight (especially with space flight) |
| aeronautical14 | of or pertaining to aeronautics |
| aerosolizing22 | disperse as an aerosol |
| aesthetician17 | a worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.) |
| aestheticism19 | |
| aestheticize26 | |
| aestivations15 | (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period |
| affabilities20 | a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) |
| affectations20 | a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display |
| affectedness21 | the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others) |
| affectionate20 | having or displaying warmth or affection |
| afficionados21 | |
| affiliations18 | a social or business relationship |
| affirmations20 | a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something |
| affirmatives23 | a reply of affirmation |
| afflictively26 | |
| affricatives23 | a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy') |
| aforethought22 | planned in advance |
| afterburners17 | a device injects fuel into a hot exhaust for extra thrust |
| aftereffects23 | any result that follows its cause after an interval |
| aftermarkets21 | |
| afterthought22 | thinking again about a choice previously made |
| agapanthuses18 | any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers |
| agglomerated17 | form into one cluster |
| agglomerates16 | volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together |
| agglutinable16 | |
| agglutinated15 | string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language) |
| agglutinates14 | string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language) |
| agglutinogen15 | any substance that acts as an antigen to cause agglutinin production |
| aggradations15 | |
| aggrandising16 | add details to |
| aggrandizers24 | |
| aggrandizing25 | add details to |
| aggravations17 | an exasperated feeling of annoyance |
| aggregations15 | several things grouped together or considered as a whole |
| aggressively20 | in an aggressive manner |
| aggressivity20 | |
| aggrievement19 | |
| agnosticisms17 | a religious orientation of doubt; a denial of ultimate knowledge of the existence of God |
| agoraphobias20 | a morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place) |
| agoraphobics22 | |
| agranulocyte18 | |
| agrarianisms15 | |
| agreeability18 | a temperamental disposition to be agreeable |
| agribusiness15 | a large-scale farming enterprise |
| agrichemical22 | |
| agricultural15 | relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming |
| agricultures15 | a large-scale farming enterprise |
| agrochemical22 | |
| agroforester16 | |
| agroforestry19 | |
| aiguillettes13 | |
| ailurophiles17 | |
| ailurophobes19 | |
| airfreighted20 | transport (cargo) by air |
| airtightness16 | |
| airworthiest18 | |
| albuminurias16 | the presence of excessive protein (chiefly albumin but also globulin) in the urine; usually a symptom of kidney disorder |
| alchemically24 | |
| alcyonarians17 | |
| aldolization22 | |
| aldosterones13 | a corticosteroid hormone that is secreted by the cortex of the adrenal gland; regulates salt (sodium and potassium) and water balance |
| alexandrines20 | (prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feet |
| alexandrites20 | a green variety of chrysoberyl used as a gemstone |
| algolagniacs16 | |
| alienability17 | |
| alimentation14 | a source of materials to nourish the body |
| alkalimeters18 | |
| alkalinities16 | pH values above 7 |
| alkalinizing26 | become alkaline |
| allegorising14 | interpret as an allegory |
| allegorizers22 | someone who communicates in allegories |
| allegorizing23 | interpret as an allegory |
| allelomorphs19 | (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character |
| allelopathic19 | |
| alleviations15 | the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced |
| alliterating13 | use alliteration as a form of poetry |
| alliteration12 | use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse |
| alliterative15 | having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable |
| alloantibody18 | an antibody that occurs naturally against foreign tissues from a person of the same species |
| alloantigens13 | |
| allografting17 | |
| allomorphism21 | |
| allopurinols14 | a drug (trade name Zyloprim) used to treat gout and other conditions in which there is an excessive buildup of uric acid |
| allosauruses12 | late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus |
| allusiveness15 | a quality characterized by indirect reference |
| almightiness18 | |
| alphabetical21 | relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet |
| alphabetized29 | arrange in alphabetical order |
| alphabetizer28 | a literate person who can arrange items in alphabetical order |
| alphabetizes28 | arrange in alphabetical order |
| alphanumeric21 | of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters |
| alterability17 | the quality of being alterable |
| altercations14 | noisy quarrel |
| alternations12 | successive change from one thing or state to another and back again |
| alternatives15 | one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen |
| altitudinous13 | indefinitely high; lofty |
| amalgamating18 | to bring or combine together or with something else |
| amalgamation17 | the combination of two or more commercial companies |
| amalgamators17 | a businessman who arranges an amalgamation of two or more commercial companies |
| amateurishly20 | in an amateurish manner |
| amazonstones23 | |
| ambassadress17 | a woman ambassador |
| ambidextrous24 | equally skillful with each hand |
| ambitionless16 | having little desire for success or achievement |
| ambivalences21 | mixed feelings or emotions |
| ambivalently22 | |
| ambiversions19 | (psychology) a balanced disposition intermediate between extroversion and introversion |
| amblygonites20 | a white or grey mineral consisting of lithium aluminum phosphate; a source of lithium |
| ambulatories16 | a covered walkway (as in a cloister) |
| ambulatorily19 | |
| ameliorating15 | to make better |
| amelioration14 | the act of relieving ills and changing for the better |
| ameliorative17 | tending to ameliorate |
| ameliorators14 | |
| amelioratory17 | tending to ameliorate |
| amentiferous17 | (of plants) bearing or characterized by aments or catkins |
| amiabilities16 | a cheerful and agreeable mood |
| amicableness18 | a disinclination to quarrel |
| aminopterins16 | |
| aminopyrines19 | a white crystalline substance used as an analgesic and antipyretic |
| amitotically19 | |
| ammoniations16 | |
| amobarbitals18 | a barbiturate with sedative and hypnotic effects; used to relieve insomnia and as an anticonvulsant |
| amontillados15 | pale medium-dry sherry from Spain |
| amortization23 | the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years |
| amoxicillins23 | an antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections |
| amoxycillins26 | |
| amperometric20 | |
| amphetamines21 | a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression |
| amphibiously24 | |
| amphibolites21 | a metamorphic rock composed chiefly of amphibole and plagioclase |
| amphibrachic28 | |
| amphictyonic26 | |
| amphidiploid23 | (genetics) an organism or cell having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parent |
| amphisbaenas21 | (classical mythology) a serpent with a head at each end of its body |
| amphisbaenic23 | |
| amphitheater22 | a sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater) |
| amygdaloidal20 | shaped like an almond |
| amylopectins21 | |
| anachronisms19 | something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred |
| anacoluthons17 | an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another |
| anacreontics16 | |
| anaerobioses14 | |
| anaerobiosis14 | |
| anaesthesias15 | loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness |
| anaesthetics17 | a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations |
| anagogically19 | |
| anagrammatic19 | related to anagrams or containing or making an anagram |
| analogically18 | |
| analphabetic21 | an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet |
| analytically20 | by virtue of analysis |
| analyzations24 | |
| anaphylactic24 | related to the hypersensitivity known as anaphylaxis |
| anaplasmoses16 | |
| anaplasmosis16 | a disease of cattle that is transmitted by cattle ticks; similar to Texas fever |
| anarchically22 | in a lawless rebellious manner |
| anastigmatic17 | pertaining to a lens or lens system free of astigmatism (able to form point images) |
| anastomosing15 | come together or open into each other |
| anathematize26 | curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment |
| anatomically19 | with respect to anatomy |
| ancestresses14 | a woman ancestor |
| anchorpeople21 | |
| anchorperson19 | a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute |
| andouillette13 | |
| androcentric17 | |
| androgeneses14 | |
| androgenesis14 | male parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only paternal chromosomes due to the failure of the egg nucleus to participate in fertilization |
| androgenetic16 | of or related to androgenesis |
| androsterone13 | an androgenic hormone that is less active than testosterone |
| anecdotalism17 | |
| anecdotalist15 | |
| anelasticity17 | |
| anemometries16 | measuring wind speed and direction |
| anemophilous19 | of flowering plants (especially grasses etc) that are pollinated by the wind |
| anencephalic21 | characterized by partial or total absence of a brain |
| anesthetists15 | a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated |
| anesthetized25 | administer an anesthetic drug to |
| anesthetizes24 | administer an anesthetic drug to |
| aneuploidies15 | an abnormality involving a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number (one chromosome set is incomplete) |
| angelologies14 | the branch of theology that is concerned with angels |
| angelologist14 | |
| angiogeneses14 | |
| angiogenesis14 | the formation of new blood vessels |
| angiographic21 | |
| angiotensins13 | any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels |
| anglerfishes19 | fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey |
| angularities13 | a shape having one or more sharp angles |
| anilinctuses14 | |
| animadverted19 | express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation |
| aniseikonias16 | visual defect in which the shape and size of an ocular image differ in the two eyes |
| anisotropies14 | the property of being anisotropic; having a different value when measured in different directions |
| anisotropism16 | |
| ankylosaurus19 | having the back covered with thick bony plates; thought to have walked with a sprawling gait resembling a lizard's |
| annexational19 | relating to annexation |
| annihilating16 | kill in large numbers |
| annihilation15 | destruction by annihilating something |
| annihilators15 | a total destroyer |
| annihilatory18 | |
| announcement16 | a formal public statement |
| annunciating15 | foreshadow or presage |
| annunciation14 | a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland |
| annunciators14 | an indicator that announces which electrical circuit has been active (as on a telephone switchboard) |
| annunciatory17 | relating to the act of announcing or being announced |
| anodizations22 | |
| anorexigenic22 | causing loss of appetite |
| anorthosites15 | |
| anorthositic17 | |
| antagonistic15 | indicating opposition or resistance |
| antagonizing23 | provoke the hostility of |
| antecedences17 | preceding in time |
| antecedently18 | at an earlier time or formerly |
| antechambers21 | a large entrance or reception room or area |
| antediluvian16 | any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge |
| antependiums17 | |
| anthelmintic19 | a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms |
| anthocyanins20 | |
| anthological18 | |
| anthologists16 | an editor who makes selections for an anthology |
| anthologized26 | compile an anthology |
| anthologizer25 | |
| anthologizes25 | compile an anthology |
| anthophilous20 | feeding on flowers |
| anthracnoses17 | |
| anthranilate15 | |
| anthropology21 | the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings |
| antiabortion14 | |
| antiacademic19 | |
| antiaircraft17 | artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes |
| antibacklash23 | |
| antiblackism22 | |
| antiburglary18 | |
| antibusiness14 | |
| antichoicers19 | |
| anticipating17 | regard something as probable or likely |
| anticipation16 | an expectation |
| anticipators16 | one who anticipates |
| anticipatory19 | in anticipation |
| anticlerical16 | |
| anticlimaxes23 | a disappointing decline after a previous rise |
| anticlotting15 | |
| anticolonial14 | |
| anticonsumer16 | |
| anticreative17 | |
| anticultural14 | |
| anticyclones19 | (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern |
| anticyclonic21 | of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a high pressure center |
| antidandruff20 | |
| antidiabetic17 | a drug used to treat diabetes mellitus |
| antidilution13 | |
| antidogmatic18 | |
| antieconomic18 | |
| antielectron14 | an elementary particle with positive charge; interaction of a positron and an electron results in annihilation |
| antielitisms14 | |
| antientropic16 | |
| antiepilepsy19 | |
| antiestrogen13 | |
| antifascisms19 | |
| antifascists17 | |
| antifashions18 | |
| antifeminine17 | |
| antifeminism19 | activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women |
| antifeminist17 | someone who does not believe in the social or economic or political equality of men and women |
| antifriction17 | |
| antigambling18 | |
| antigenicity18 | |
| antiglobulin15 | |
| antiheroines15 | |
| antihumanism19 | |
| antihysteric20 | |
| antikickback30 | |
| antileukemic20 | |
| antiliberals14 | |
| antiliterate12 | |
| antilynching21 | |
| antimacassar16 | a piece of ornamented cloth that protects the back of a chair from hair oils |
| antimagnetic17 | impervious to the effects of a magnetic field; resistant to magnetization |
| antimalarial14 | a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria |
| antimilitary17 | |
| antimitotics16 | |
| antimonopoly19 | of laws and regulations; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices |
| antimosquito23 | |
| antinational12 | |
| antinepotism16 | |
| antineutrino12 | the antiparticle of a neutrino |
| antineutrons12 | the antiparticle of a neutron |
| antinovelist15 | |
| antinucleons14 | |
| antioxidants20 | substance that inhibits oxidation or inhibits reactions promoted by oxygen or peroxides |
| antiozonants21 | |
| antiparallel14 | (especially of vectors) parallel but oppositely directed |
| antiparticle16 | a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties; interaction of a particle and its antiparticle results in annihilation and the production of radiant energy |
| antipathetic19 | (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed |
| antiphonally20 | |
| antipleasure14 | |
| antipoaching20 | |
| antipolitics16 | |
| antipredator15 | |
| antipruritic16 | a substance that relieves or prevents itching |
| antipyretics19 | any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever |
| antiquarians21 | an expert or collector of antiquities |
| antiquations21 | |
| antirachitic19 | |
| antirational12 | |
| antirealisms14 | |
| antirealists12 | |
| antireligion13 | |
| antiromantic16 | |
| antiroyalist15 | |
| antirrhinums17 | a genus of herbs of the family Scrophulariaceae with brightly colored irregular flowers |
| antisciences16 | |
| antisocially17 | |
| antispending16 | |
| antistrophes17 | the section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama; the second of two metrically corresponding sections in a poem |
| antistrophic19 | of or relating to an antistrophe |
| antitakeover19 | |
| antithetical17 | sharply contrasted in character or purpose |
| antithrombin19 | |
| antitrusters12 | |
| antitussives15 | any medicine used to suppress or relieve coughing |
| antiviolence17 | |
| antivitamins17 | |
| antonomasias14 | |
| aoristically17 | |
| aortographic20 | |
| aperiodicity20 | |
| aphrodisiacs20 | a drug or other agent that stimulates sexual desire |
| apiculturist16 | a farmer who keeps bees for their honey |
| apocalyptism23 | |
| apocalyptist21 | |
| apochromatic23 | corrected for both chromatic and spherical aberration |
| apocryphally27 | |
| apolitically19 | |
| apomorphines21 | a morphine derivative that is not as strong as morphine; used as an emetic and in small doses as a sedative |
| apophyllites22 | |
| apostatising15 | abandon one's beliefs or allegiances |
| apostatizing24 | abandon one's beliefs or allegiances |
| apostleships19 | the position of apostle |
| apostolicity19 | |
| apostrophise19 | use an apostrophe |
| apostrophize28 | use an apostrophe |
| apothecaries19 | a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs |
| apothegmatic22 | given to or characterized by terse apothegms |
| apotheosized27 | deify or glorify |
| apotheosizes26 | deify or glorify |
| apparatchiki25 | |
| apparatchiks25 | a humorous but derogatory term for an official of a large organization (especially a political organization) |
| apparentness16 | the property of being apparent |
| apparitional16 | resembling or characteristic of a phantom |
| appeasements18 | the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of) |
| appellations16 | identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others |
| appellatives19 | identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others |
| appendectomy24 | surgical removal of the vermiform appendix |
| appendicitis19 | inflammation of the vermiform appendix |
| appendicular19 | relating to or consisting of an appendage or appendages; especially the limbs |
| apperceiving22 | perceive in terms of a past experience |
| apperception20 | the process whereby perceived qualities of an object are related to past experience |
| apperceptive23 | able to relate new percepts to past experience |
| appertaining17 | be a part or attribute of |
| appetizingly29 | |
| applications18 | the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose |
| appoggiatura18 | an embellishing note usually written in smaller size |
| appointments18 | the act of putting a person into a non-elective position |
| apportioning17 | the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan |
| appositeness16 | appropriateness for the occasion |
| appositional16 | relating to or being in apposition |
| appositively22 | in an appositive manner |
| appraisement18 | |
| appraisingly20 | |
| appreciating19 | recognize with gratitude; be grateful for |
| appreciation18 | understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something |
| appreciative21 | feeling or expressive of gratitude |
| appreciators18 | a person who is fully aware of something and understands it |
| appreciatory21 | |
| apprehending21 | get the meaning of something |
| apprehension19 | fearful expectation or anticipation |
| apprehensive22 | quick to understand; - Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| apprenticing19 | be or work as an apprentice |
| appressorium18 | |
| approachable23 | capable of being read with comprehension |
| approbations18 | official approval |
| appropriable20 | that can be appropriated |
| appropriated19 | give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause |
| appropriates18 | give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause |
| appropriator18 | someone who takes for his or her own use (especially without permission) |
| approximated26 | be close or similar |
| approximates25 | be close or similar |
| appurtenance18 | equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. |
| appurtenants16 | |
| aquacultural23 | of or relating to aquiculture |
| aquacultures23 | rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food |
| aquarellists21 | |
| aquatintists21 | |
| aquicultures23 | a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients |
| aquilinities21 | |
| arabinosides15 | |
| arbitrageurs15 | someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential) |
| arbitraments16 | the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment |
| arbitrations14 | (law) the hearing and determination of a dispute by an impartial referee agreed to by both parties (often used to settle disputes between labor and management) |
| arborescence18 | |
| arborization23 | |
| archdeaconry23 | the territorial jurisdiction of an archdeacon |
| archdiocesan20 | of or relating to an archdiocese |
| archdioceses20 | the diocese of an archbishop |
| archdukedoms25 | |
| archegoniate18 | of or relating to an archegonium |
| archenterons17 | central cavity of the gastrula; becomes the intestinal or digestive cavity |
| archeologies18 | the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures |
| archerfishes23 | any of several small freshwater fishes that catch insects by squirting water at them and knocking them into the water; found in Indonesia and Australia |
| archesporial19 | of or relating to the cells in a sporangium that give rise to spores |
| archesporium21 | primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops |
| archetypally25 | |
| archetypical24 | representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned |
| archipelagic22 | relating to or part of an archipelago |
| archipelagos20 | a group of many islands in a large body of water |
| architecture19 | an architectural product or work |
| archosaurian17 | extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs; plesiosaurs; pterosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts |
| argillaceous15 | resembling or containing clay |
| aristocratic16 | belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy |
| arithmetical19 | relating to or involving arithmetic |
| armamentaria16 | the collection of equipment and methods used in the practice of medicine |
| aromatherapy22 | the therapeutic use of aromatic plant extracts and essential oils in baths or massage |
| aromatically19 | |
| arpeggiating17 | |
| arraignments15 | a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment |
| arrangements15 | the thing arranged or agreed to |
| arsenopyrite17 | a silver-white or grey ore of arsenic |
| arsphenamine19 | |
| arteriograms15 | an X ray of an artery filled with a contrast medium |
| artfulnesses15 | the quality of being adroit in taking unfair advantage |
| arthroscopes19 | a type of endoscope that is inserted into a joint for visual examination |
| arthroscopic21 | |
| arthrospores17 | a body that resembles a spore but is not an endospore; produced by some bacteria |
| articulacies16 | |
| articulately17 | with eloquence |
| articulating15 | provide with a joint |
| articulation14 | the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech |
| articulative17 | of or relating to articulation |
| articulators14 | someone who pronounces words |
| articulatory17 | of or relating to articulation |
| artificially20 | not according to nature; not by natural means |
| artillerists12 | |
| artilleryman17 | a serviceman in the artillery |
| artillerymen17 | a serviceman in the artillery |
| artiodactyls18 | placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot |
| artisanships17 | |
| artistically17 | in an artistic manner |
| ascendancies17 | the state that exists when one person or group has power over another |
| ascendencies17 | the state that exists when one person or group has power over another |
| ascertaining15 | establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study |
| ascomycetous21 | related to or characteristic of fungi of the class Ascomycetes |
| asexualities19 | having no evident sex or sex organs |
| aspergillums17 | |
| asphyxiating28 | deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing |
| asphyxiation27 | the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) |
| aspirational14 | |
| assassinated13 | murder; especially of socially prominent persons |
| assassinates12 | murder; especially of socially prominent persons |
| assassinator12 | a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed |
| assaultively18 | |
| assemblagist17 | |
| assentations12 | |
| asseverating16 | state categorically |
| asseveration15 | a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) |
| asseverative18 | |
| assignations13 | a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers) |
| assimilating15 | take up mentally |
| assimilation14 | the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family |
| assimilative17 | capable of mentally absorbing ; , |
| assimilators14 | someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs |
| assimilatory17 | capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution; "an assimilative substance |
| associations14 | a formal organization of people or groups of people |
| assuagements15 | the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced |
| assumability19 | |
| asteriskless16 | |
| astigmatisms17 | (ophthalmology) impaired eyesight resulting usually from irregular conformation of the cornea; common in nearsighted people |
| astonishment17 | the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising |
| astoundingly17 | |
| astringently16 | |
| astrobiology18 | the branch of biology concerned with the effects of outer space on living organisms and the search for extraterrestrial life |
| astrocytomas19 | |
| astrological15 | relating to or concerned with astrology |
| astrometries14 | the branch of astronomy that deals with the measurement of the position and motion of celestial bodies |
| astronautics14 | the theory and practice of navigation through air or space |
| astronomical16 | relating or belonging to the science of astronomy |
| astrophysics22 | the branch of astronomy concerned with the physical and chemical properties of celestial bodies |
| astutenesses12 | intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) |
| asymmetrical21 | characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components |
| asymptomatic23 | having no symptoms of illness or disease |
| asynchronies20 | the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times |
| asynchronism22 | the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times |
| asynchronous20 | (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that does not require a common clock between the communicating devices; timing signals are derived from special characters in the data stream itself |
| atheoretical17 | |
| atheromatous17 | of or relating to or resembling atheroma |
| athletically20 | |
| athleticisms19 | intense energy |
| athwartships23 | |
| atmospherics21 | a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference |
| atomizations23 | separating something into fine particles |
| attenuations12 | weakening in force or intensity |
| attestations12 | the action of bearing witness |
| attitudinise13 | assume certain affected attitudes |
| attitudinize22 | assume certain affected attitudes |
| attorneyship20 | the position of attorney |
| attractances16 | |
| attractively20 | in a beautiful manner |
| attributable16 | capable of being attributed |
| attributions14 | assigning some quality or character to a person or thing |
| attributives17 | |
| audibilities15 | quality or fact or degree of being audible or perceptible by the ear |
| audiological16 | |
| audiologists14 | |
| audiometries15 | the measurement of hearing |
| audiovisuals16 | materials using sight or sound to present information |
| augmentation15 | the amount by which something increases |
| augmentative18 | increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree |
| augustnesses13 | |
| auscultating15 | examine by auscultation |
| auscultation14 | listening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope) |
| auscultatory17 | of or relating to auscultation |
| auspiciously19 | in an auspicious manner |
| autecologies15 | |
| authenticate17 | establish the authenticity of something |
| authenticity20 | undisputed credibility |
| autistically17 | |
| autoantibody18 | an antibody acting against tissues of the organism that produces it |
| autochthones20 | the earliest known inhabitants of a region |
| autocratical16 | |
| autodidactic18 | relating to or having the characteristics of an autodidact |
| autoeciously17 | |
| autoerotisms14 | using you own body as a sexual object |
| autogenously16 | |
| autografting17 | |
| autographies18 | |
| autographing19 | mark with one's signature |
| autohypnoses20 | |
| autohypnosis20 | |
| autohypnotic22 | |
| autoimmunity19 | production of antibodies against the tissues of your own body; produces autoimmune disease or hypersensitivity reactions |
| automaticity19 | |
| automatizing24 | turn into an automaton |
| automobiling17 | travel in an automobile |
| automobilist16 | someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile |
| automobility19 | |
| automorphism21 | |
| autonomously17 | |
| autorotating13 | |
| autorotation12 | |
| autosuggests14 | |
| autotomizing24 | cause a body part to undergo autotomy |
| autotrophies17 | |
| autoxidation20 | |
| auxotrophies24 | |
| availability20 | the quality of being at hand when needed |
| avariciously20 | in a greedy manner |
| avascularity20 | |
| aversenesses15 | |
| aversiveness18 | |
| aviculturist17 | |
| avitaminoses17 | any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins |
| avitaminosis17 | any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins |
| avitaminotic19 | of or relating to or characteristic of avitaminosis |
| avuncularity20 | |
| axiomatizing31 | |
| axisymmetric28 | |
| azathioprine26 | an immunosuppressive drug (trade name Imuran) used to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ |
| azoospermias25 | |
| azotobacters25 | |
| Word | Definition |
| abandonment16 | the act of giving something up |
| abbreviated19 | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements |
| abbreviates18 | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements |
| abbreviator18 | one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work |
| abdications16 | a formal resignation and renunciation of powers |
| abdominally19 | |
| abecedarian16 | a novice learning the rudiments of some subject |
| aberrancies15 | a state or condition markedly different from the norm |
| aberrations13 | a state or condition markedly different from the norm |
| abhorrences18 | hate coupled with disgust |
| abhorrently19 | |
| abiogeneses14 | |
| abiogenesis14 | a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter |
| abiogenists14 | a believer in abiogenesis |
| abiological16 | |
| abiotically18 | |
| abjurations20 | a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion |
| ablutionary16 | cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands |
| abnegations14 | the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief |
| abnormality18 | an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies |
| abnormities15 | |
| abolishable18 | capable of being abolished |
| abolishment18 | the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery) |
| abominating16 | find repugnant |
| abomination15 | a person who is loathsome or disgusting |
| abominators15 | one who hates or loathes |
| aboriginals14 | a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived |
| abortionist13 | a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies |
| aboveground18 | on or above the surface of the ground |
| abracadabra18 | gibberish and nonsense |
| abreactions15 | (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions |
| abridgement17 | a shortened version of a written work |
| abridgments17 | a shortened version of a written work |
| abrogations14 | the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation |
| abscissions15 | shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant |
| absenteeism15 | habitual absence from work |
| absolutions13 | the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance |
| absolutisms15 | dominance through threat of punishment and violence |
| absolutists13 | one who advocates absolutism |
| absolutized23 | |
| absolutizes22 | |
| absorbances17 | (physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation |
| absorbingly19 | |
| absorptance17 | a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber |
| absorptions15 | (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid |
| abstentions13 | the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) |
| abstentious13 | self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink |
| abstinences15 | the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) |
| abstinently16 | |
| abstracters15 | one who makes abstracts or summarizes information |
| abstractest15 | existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment |
| abstracting16 | consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically |
| abstraction15 | a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance |
| abstractive18 | of an abstracting nature or having the power of abstracting |
| abstractors15 | one who makes abstracts or summarizes information |
| abstricting16 | |
| absurdities14 | a message whose content is at variance with reason |
| abusiveness16 | |
| academician18 | someone elected to honorary membership in an academy |
| academicism20 | orthodoxy of a scholastic variety |
| acarologies14 | |
| acatalectic17 | (prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllables |
| acaulescent15 | (of plants) having no apparent stem above ground |
| accelerando16 | a gradually increasing tempo of music |
| accelerants15 | |
| accelerated16 | move faster |
| accelerates15 | move faster |
| accelerator15 | a pedal that controls the throttle valve |
| accentually18 | |
| accentuated16 | to stress, single out as important |
| accentuates15 | to stress, single out as important |
| acceptances19 | the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true |
| acceptation17 | acceptance as true or valid |
| acceptingly21 | |
| accessaries15 | someone who helps another person commit a crime |
| accessional15 | of or constituting an accession |
| accessioned16 | make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library |
| accessorial15 | nonessential but helpful |
| accessories15 | clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing |
| accessorise15 | |
| accessorize24 | |
| accidentals16 | a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature |
| accipitrine17 | of or relating to or belonging to the genus Accipiter (or to typical hawks) |
| acclamation17 | enthusiastic approval |
| acclimating18 | get used to a certain climate |
| acclimation17 | adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment) |
| acclimatise17 | get used to a certain climate |
| acclimatize26 | get used to a certain climate |
| acclivities18 | an upward slope or grade (as in a road) |
| accommodate20 | be agreeable or acceptable to |
| accompanied20 | be present or associated with an event or entity |
| accompanies19 | be present or associated with an event or entity |
| accompanist19 | a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano) |
| accomplices21 | a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) |
| accordances18 | concurrence of opinion |
| accordantly19 | |
| accordingly20 | (sentence connectors) because of the reason given |
| accoucheurs20 | a physician specializing in obstetrics |
| accountable17 | liable to account for one's actions |
| accountably20 | |
| accountancy20 | the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business |
| accountants15 | someone who maintains and audits business accounts |
| accountings16 | a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes |
| accoutering16 | provide with military equipment |
| accrediting17 | grant credentials to |
| accruements17 | the act of accumulating |
| acculturate15 | assimilate culturally |
| accumulated18 | get or gather together |
| accumulates17 | get or gather together |
| accumulator17 | a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes) |
| accusations15 | a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt |
| accusatives18 | the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb |
| accustoming18 | make psychologically or physically used (to something) |
| acerbically20 | |
| acetabulums17 | the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint |
| acetanilide14 | a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic |
| acetanilids14 | a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic |
| acetylating17 | receive substitution of an acetyl group |
| acetylation16 | the process of introducing an acetyl group into a compound |
| acetylative19 | |
| achievement21 | the action of accomplishing something |
| achondrites17 | a stony meteor lacking chondrules |
| achondritic19 | of or related to an achondrite |
| achromatism20 | the visual property of being without chromatic color |
| achromatize27 | remove color from |
| acidimeters16 | |
| acidimetric18 | involving or related to acidimetry |
| acidophiles19 | an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment |
| acidophilic21 | especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium |
| acidulating15 | make sour or more sour |
| acidulation14 | |
| acknowledge22 | declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of |
| acoelomates15 | |
| acoustician15 | a physicist who specializes in acoustics |
| acquainting23 | cause to come to know personally |
| acquiescent24 | willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest |
| acquiescing25 | to agree or express agreement |
| acquirement24 | an ability that has been acquired by training |
| acquisition22 | the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something |
| acquisitive25 | eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas |
| acquisitors22 | |
| acquittance24 | a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation |
| acridnesses14 | extreme bitterness |
| acriflavine19 | |
| acrimonious15 | marked by strong resentment or cynicism |
| acrocentric17 | having a subterminal centromere |
| acromegalic18 | marked or affected by enlargement or hypertrophy of the extremities or the face |
| acropetally18 | |
| acrophobias20 | a morbid fear of great heights |
| acropolises15 | the citadel in ancient Greek towns |
| acrylamides19 | a white crystalline amide of propenoic acid can damage the nervous system and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals |
| actinically18 | |
| actinolites13 | a green mineral of the amphibole group; calcium magnesium iron silicate |
| actinometer15 | an instrument for measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (usually by the photochemical effect) |
| actinometry18 | measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (especially of the sun's rays) |
| actinomyces20 | soil-inhabiting saprophytes and disease-producing plant and animal parasites |
| actinomycin20 | any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria |
| activations16 | stimulation of activity in an organism or chemical |
| actomyosins18 | a protein complex in muscle fibers; composed of myosin and actin; shortens when stimulated and causes muscle contractions |
| actualities13 | the state of actually existing objectively |
| actualizing23 | make real or concrete; give reality or substance to |
| actuarially16 | |
| acuminating16 | make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point |
| acupressure15 | treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body |
| acupuncture17 | treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin |
| acutenesses13 | a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed |
| adaptations14 | a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form |
| adaptedness15 | |
| addressable15 | capable of being addressed |
| adenomatous14 | |
| adeptnesses14 | skillful performance or ability without difficulty |
| adiposities14 | having the property of containing fat |
| adjacencies23 | the attribute of being so near as to be touching |
| adjectively27 | as an adjective |
| adjournment21 | the termination of a meeting |
| adjudicated23 | put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of |
| adjudicates22 | put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of |
| adjudicator22 | a person who studies and settles conflicts and disputes |
| adjunctions21 | an act of joining or adjoining things |
| adjurations19 | a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something |
| adjustments21 | making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances |
| adjutancies21 | |
| admeasuring15 | determine the quantity of someone's share |
| administers14 | work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of |
| admiralties14 | the department in charge of the navy (as in Great Britain) |
| admirations14 | a feeling of delighted approval and liking |
| admittances16 | the right to enter |
| admonishers17 | someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided |
| admonishing18 | admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior |
| admonitions14 | cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness) |
| adolescence16 | the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood |
| adolescents14 | a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity |
| adoptianism16 | |
| adoptionism16 | |
| adoptionist14 | |
| adorability17 | extreme attractiveness |
| adrenalines12 | a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action |
| adrenalized22 | |
| adsorptions14 | the accumulation of molecules of a gas to form a thin film on the surface of a solid |
| adulterants12 | any substance that lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance |
| adulterated13 | corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones |
| adulterates12 | corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones |
| adulterator12 | any substance that lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance |
| adultnesses12 | |
| adultresses12 | |
| adumbrating17 | describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of |
| adumbration16 | the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand |
| adumbrative19 | indistinctly prophetic |
| advancement19 | encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something |
| advantaging17 | give an advantage to |
| adventitial15 | of or pertaining to the adventitia |
| adventitias15 | an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue |
| adventurers15 | a person who enjoys taking risks |
| adventuress15 | a woman adventurer |
| adventuring16 | take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome |
| adventurism17 | recklessness in politics or foreign affairs |
| adventurist15 | |
| adventurous15 | willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises |
| adverbially20 | as an adverb |
| adversarial15 | |
| adversaries15 | someone who offers opposition |
| adversative18 | expressing antithesis or opposition |
| adverseness15 | |
| adversities15 | a state of misfortune or affliction |
| advertences17 | the process of being heedful |
| advertently18 | in a careful deliberate manner |
| advertisers15 | someone whose business is advertising |
| advertising16 | a public promotion of some product or service |
| advertizing25 | a public promotion of some product or service |
| advertorial15 | an advertisement that is written and presented in the style of an editorial or journalistic report |
| advisements17 | careful consideration |
| advocations17 | |
| aeciospores15 | spore of a rust fungus formed in an aecium |
| aepyornises16 | huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar |
| aerenchymas21 | |
| aerobically18 | |
| aerobicized25 | |
| aerobicizes24 | |
| aerobiology17 | |
| aerobraking18 | |
| aerodynamic19 | of or relating to aerodynamics |
| aeroelastic13 | |
| aerogrammes16 | a letter sent by air mail |
| aeromedical16 | of or relating to aviation medicine |
| aerometries13 | |
| aeronautics13 | the theory and practice of navigation through air or space |
| aeronomical15 | |
| aeronomists13 | |
| aerosolized21 | disperse as an aerosol |
| aerosolizes20 | disperse as an aerosol |
| aerostatics13 | |
| aesthetical16 | concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste |
| aestivating15 | sleep during summer |
| aestivation14 | (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period |
| aetiologies12 | the cause of a disease |
| affectation19 | a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display |
| affectingly23 | in a poignant or touching manner |
| affectional19 | characterized by emotion |
| affectioned20 | |
| affectively25 | |
| affectivity25 | |
| afficionado20 | |
| affiliating18 | keep company with; hang out with |
| affiliation17 | a social or business relationship |
| affirmances21 | |
| affirmation19 | a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something |
| affirmative22 | a reply of affirmation |
| affixations24 | the result of adding an affix to a root word |
| afflictions19 | a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity |
| affluencies19 | |
| afforesting18 | establish a forest on previously unforested land |
| affricating20 | |
| affricative22 | a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy') |
| affrighting22 | cause fear in |
| aficionadas17 | |
| aficionados17 | a fan of bull fighting |
| afterbirths19 | the placenta and fetal membranes that are expelled from the uterus after the baby is born |
| afterburner16 | a device injects fuel into a hot exhaust for extra thrust |
| aftereffect22 | any result that follows its cause after an interval |
| afterimages17 | an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased |
| aftermarket20 | |
| afterpieces18 | a brief dramatic piece (usually comic) presented after a play |
| aftershaves20 | |
| aftershocks23 | a tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake |
| aftertastes14 | an afterimage of a taste |
| afterworlds18 | the place where you are after you die |
| agamospermy21 | |
| agelessness12 | the quality of being timeless and eternal |
| agglomerate15 | volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together |
| agglutinate13 | string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language) |
| agglutinins13 | an antibody that causes agglutination of a specific antigen |
| aggradation14 | |
| aggrandised15 | add details to |
| aggrandises14 | add details to |
| aggrandized24 | add details to |
| aggrandizer23 | |
| aggrandizes23 | add details to |
| aggravating17 | make worse |
| aggravation16 | an exasperated feeling of annoyance |
| aggregately17 | |
| aggregating15 | amount in the aggregate to |
| aggregation14 | several things grouped together or considered as a whole |
| aggregative17 | formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole |
| aggressions13 | a disposition to behave aggressively |
| aggrievedly20 | |
| agilenesses12 | |
| agitational12 | |
| agnosticism16 | a religious orientation of doubt; a denial of ultimate knowledge of the existence of God |
| agonizingly25 | in a very painful manner |
| agoraphobes19 | |
| agoraphobia19 | a morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place) |
| agoraphobic21 | suffering from agoraphobia; abnormally afraid of open or public places |
| agrarianism14 | |
| agriculture14 | a large-scale farming enterprise |
| agronomists14 | an expert in soil management and field-crop production |
| ahistorical16 | unconcerned with or unrelated to history or to historical development or to tradition |
| aiguillette12 | |
| ailanthuses14 | any of several deciduous Asian trees of the genus Ailanthus |
| ailurophile16 | |
| ailurophobe18 | |
| aimlessness13 | the quality of lacking any definite purpose |
| airbrushing17 | paint with an airbrush |
| airdropping17 | |
| airfreights18 | transport (cargo) by air |
| airlessness11 | |
| airmanships18 | the art of operating aircraft |
| airproofing17 | |
| airsickness17 | motion sickness experienced while traveling by air (especially during turbulence) |
| airworthier17 | |
| alabastrine13 | of or resembling alabaster |
| albatrosses13 | (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps |
| albuminuria15 | the presence of excessive protein (chiefly albumin but also globulin) in the urine; usually a symptom of kidney disorder |
| albuminuric17 | of or related to the state of albuminuria |
| alchemistic20 | of or relating to alchemists |
| alchemizing28 | alter (elements) by alchemy |
| alcoholisms18 | habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms |
| alcyonarian16 | |
| aldosterone12 | a corticosteroid hormone that is secreted by the cortex of the adrenal gland; regulates salt (sodium and potassium) and water balance |
| alertnesses11 | the process of paying close and continuous attention |
| alexandrine19 | (prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feet |
| alexandrite19 | a green variety of chrysoberyl used as a gemstone |
| algebraists14 | a mathematician whose specialty is algebra |
| algidnesses13 | |
| algolagniac15 | |
| algolagnias13 | sexual pleasure derived from inflicting or experiencing pain |
| algological15 | |
| algologists13 | |
| algometries14 | measuring sensitivity to pain or pressure |
| algorithmic19 | of or relating to or having the characteristics of an algorithm |
| alienations11 | the feeling of being alienated from other people |
| aliennesses11 | |
| alightments17 | |
| alikenesses15 | similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things |
| aliteracies13 | |
| alivenesses14 | the condition of living or the state of being alive |
| alkalifying22 | turn basic and less acidic |
| alkalimeter17 | |
| alkalimetry20 | volumetric analysis using standard solutions of alkali to measure the amount of acid present |
| alkalinized25 | become alkaline |
| alkalinizes24 | become alkaline |
| alkylations18 | |
| allantoides12 | |
| allegations12 | (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law) |
| allegiances14 | the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action |
| allegorical14 | used in or characteristic of or containing allegory |
| allegorised13 | interpret as an allegory |
| allegorises12 | interpret as an allegory |
| allegorists12 | |
| allegorized22 | interpret as an allegory |
| allegorizer21 | someone who communicates in allegories |
| allegorizes21 | interpret as an allegory |
| allegrettos12 | a quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro |
| allelomorph18 | (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character |
| allelopathy19 | |
| alleviating15 | provide physical relief, as from pain |
| alleviation14 | the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced |
| alleviators14 | a therapist who makes suffering more endurable |
| alliterated12 | use alliteration as a form of poetry |
| alliterates11 | use alliteration as a form of poetry |
| alloantigen12 | |
| allocatable15 | capable of being distributed |
| allocations13 | a share set aside for a specific purpose |
| allocutions13 | (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts |
| allografted16 | |
| allographic19 | of or relating to an allograph |
| allometries13 | the study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole |
| allomorphic20 | pertaining to allomorphs |
| allopathies16 | the usual method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself |
| allopatries13 | the occurrence of related organisms in separate geographical areas with no overlap |
| allopurinol13 | a drug (trade name Zyloprim) used to treat gout and other conditions in which there is an excessive buildup of uric acid |
| allosteries11 | |
| allotropies13 | the phenomenon of an element existing in two or more physical forms |
| allowancing17 | put on a fixed allowance, as of food |
| allurements13 | attractiveness |
| almsgivings18 | making voluntary contributions to aid the poor |
| alonenesses11 | a disposition toward being alone |
| aloofnesses14 | indifference by personal withdrawal |
| alpenstocks19 | a stout staff with a metal point; used by mountain climbers |
| alphabeting19 | |
| alphabetize27 | arrange in alphabetical order |
| altarpieces15 | a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table |
| altazimuths25 | an instrument that measures the altitude and azimuth of celestial bodies; used in navigation |
| alterations11 | an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another |
| altercating14 | have a disagreement over something |
| altercation13 | noisy quarrel |
| alternately14 | in an alternating sequence or position |
| alternating12 | go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions |
| alternation11 | successive change from one thing or state to another and back again |
| alternative14 | one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen |
| alternators11 | an old term for an electric generator that produces alternating current (especially in automobiles) |
| altimetries13 | |
| altitudinal12 | pertaining to altitude |
| altocumulus15 | a cumulus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles |
| altogethers15 | informal terms for nakedness |
| altostratus11 | a stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles |
| aluminizing23 | cover with aluminum |
| amalgamated17 | to bring or combine together or with something else |
| amalgamates16 | to bring or combine together or with something else |
| amalgamator16 | a businessman who arranges an amalgamation of two or more commercial companies |
| amantadines14 | |
| amaranthine16 | of or related to the amaranth plant |
| amaryllises16 | bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowers |
| amateurisms15 | the conviction that people should participate in sports as a hobby (for the fun of it) rather than for money |
| amativeness16 | the arousal of feelings of sexual desire |
| amazonstone22 | |
| ambassadors16 | a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another |
| ambergrises16 | waxy substance secreted by the sperm whale and found floating at sea or washed ashore; used in perfume |
| ambiguities16 | an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context |
| ambiguously19 | in an ambiguous manner |
| ambisexuals22 | |
| ambitioning16 | have as one's ambition |
| ambitiously18 | with ambition; in an ambitious and energetic manner |
| ambivalence20 | mixed feelings or emotions |
| ambiversion18 | (psychology) a balanced disposition intermediate between extroversion and introversion |
| amblygonite19 | a white or grey mineral consisting of lithium aluminum phosphate; a source of lithium |
| ambrosially18 | |
| ambulations15 | walking about |
| ambuscaders18 | |
| ambuscading19 | wait in hiding to attack |
| ambushments20 | |
| ameliorated14 | to make better |
| ameliorates13 | to make better |
| ameliorator13 | |
| ameloblasts15 | a cell from which tooth enamel develops |
| amenability18 | the trait of being cooperative |
| amenorrheas16 | absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow |
| amenorrheic18 | related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy |
| amercements17 | money extracted as a penalty |
| amethystine19 | containing or resembling amethyst |
| amiableness15 | a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) |
| amianthuses16 | |
| amicability20 | a disinclination to quarrel |
| aminopterin15 | |
| aminopyrine18 | a white crystalline substance used as an analgesic and antipyretic |
| ammoniating16 | treat with ammonia |
| ammoniation15 | |
| ammonifying22 | treat with ammonia; cause to undergo ammonification |
| ammunitions15 | projectiles to be fired from a gun |
| amobarbital17 | a barbiturate with sedative and hypnotic effects; used to relieve insomnia and as an anticonvulsant |
| amoebocytes20 | |
| amontillado14 | pale medium-dry sherry from Spain |
| amoralities13 | the quality of being amoral |
| amorousness13 | a feeling of love or fondness |
| amorphously21 | |
| amortizable24 | |
| amoxicillin22 | an antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections |
| amoxycillin25 | |
| amphetamine20 | a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression |
| amphibolies20 | an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes |
| amphibolite20 | a metamorphic rock composed chiefly of amphibole and plagioclase |
| amphibology24 | an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes |
| amphibrachs25 | a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember') |
| amphictyony26 | an association of neighboring states or tribes in ancient Greece; established originally to defend a common religious center |
| amphigories19 | nonsensical writing (usually verse) |
| amphimacers22 | |
| amphioxuses25 | small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates |
| amphipathic25 | |
| amphiphiles23 | |
| amphiphilic25 | |
| amphiploids21 | |
| amphiploidy24 | |
| amphisbaena20 | (classical mythology) a serpent with a head at each end of its body |
| ampicillins17 | semisynthetic penicillin (trade names Principen and Polycillin and SK-Ampicillin) |
| amplenesses15 | the property of being more than sufficient; comfortable sufficiency |
| amputations15 | a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs |
| amusingness14 | |
| amygdaloids19 | volcanic rock in which rounded cavities formed by expanding gas have subsequently become filled with mineral deposits |
| amyloidoses17 | |
| amyloidosis17 | a disorder characterized by deposit of amyloid in organs or tissues; often secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or multiple myeloma |
| amylopectin20 | |
| amyloplasts18 | |
| anabaptisms17 | a Protestant movement in the 16th century that believed in the primacy of the Bible, baptised only believers, not infants, and believed in complete separation of church and state |
| anabranches18 | |
| anachronism18 | something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred |
| anachronous16 | chronologically misplaced |
| anacoluthic18 | of or related to syntactic inconsistencies of the sort known as anacoluthons |
| anacoluthon16 | an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another |
| anacreontic15 | |
| anadiploses14 | |
| anadiplosis14 | repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next |
| anaesthesia14 | loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness |
| anaesthetic16 | a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations |
| anagnorises12 | |
| anagnorisis12 | |
| anagramming17 | |
| analemmatic17 | |
| analogizing22 | make an analogy |
| analogously15 | in an analogous manner |
| analphabets18 | an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet |
| analyticity19 | the property of being analytic |
| analyzation23 | |
| anaphylaxes26 | |
| anaphylaxis26 | hypersensitivity reaction to the ingestion or injection of a substance (a protein or drug) resulting from prior contact with a substance |
| anarchistic18 | of or related to anarchism or tending toward anarchism |
| anastigmats14 | compound lens or lens system designed to be free of astigmatism and able to form approximately point images |
| anastomosed14 | come together or open into each other |
| anastomoses13 | a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous |
| anastomosis13 | a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous |
| anastomotic15 | of or relating to or exhibiting anastomosis |
| anastrophes16 | the reversal of the normal order of words |
| anatomising14 | dissect in order to analyze |
| anatomizing23 | dissect in order to analyze |
| ancestoring14 | |
| ancestrally16 | |
| anchoresses16 | fix firmly and stably |
| anchorwoman21 | |
| anchorwomen21 | |
| anchovettas19 | |
| anchylosing20 | |
| ancientness13 | extreme oldness |
| ancientries13 | |
| ancillaries13 | |
| andalusites12 | |
| androgynies16 | showing characteristics of both sexes |
| androgynous16 | relating to or exhibiting both female and male sex organs but with a predominantly female appearance |
| andrologies13 | |
| anecdotages15 | |
| anecdotally17 | |
| anecdotical16 | characterized by or given to telling anecdotes |
| anecdotists14 | a person skilled in telling anecdotes |
| anemographs19 | |
| anemologies14 | |
| anemometers15 | a gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind |
| anencephaly21 | a defect in brain development resulting in small or missing brain hemispheres |
| anesthesias14 | loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness |
| anesthetics16 | a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations |
| anesthetist14 | a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated |
| anesthetize23 | administer an anesthetic drug to |
| anfractuous16 | full of twists and turns |
| angelfishes18 | a butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus |
| angelically17 | like an angel |
| angiography21 | roentgenographic examination of blood vessels after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium; produces an angiogram |
| angiologies13 | the branch of medical science that studies the blood and lymph vessels and their disorders |
| angiomatous14 | of or related to or having a tumor of the kind known as an angioma |
| angioplasty17 | an operation to repair a damaged blood vessel or unblock a coronary artery |
| angiosperms16 | plants having seeds in a closed ovary |
| angiotensin12 | any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels |
| anglicising15 | make English in appearance |
| anglicizing24 | make English in appearance |
| angrinesses12 | the state of being angry |
| angulations12 | the precise measurement of angles |
| anilinguses12 | |
| animadverts17 | express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation |
| animalcules15 | microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium |
| animalculum17 | microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium |
| animalistic15 | of or pertaining to animalism |
| animalities13 | the physical (or animal) side of a person as opposed to the spirit or intellect |
| animalizing23 | represent in the form of an animal |
| animateness13 | the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life |
| animatronic15 | |
| animosities13 | a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility |
| aniseikonia15 | visual defect in which the shape and size of an ocular image differ in the two eyes |
| aniseikonic17 | relating to or characteristic of the visual defect aniseikonia |
| anisogamies14 | (biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of two differing gametes (especially differing in size) |
| anisogamous14 | relating to a type of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are dissimilar in some respect (as size or shape) |
| anisotropic15 | not invariant with respect to direction |
| ankylosaurs18 | having the back covered with thick bony plates; thought to have walked with a sprawling gait resembling a lizard's |
| annexations18 | incorporation by joining or uniting |
| annihilated15 | kill in large numbers |
| annihilates14 | kill in large numbers |
| annihilator14 | a total destroyer |
| anniversary17 | the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it) |
| annotations11 | a comment or instruction (usually added) |
| annualizing21 | |
| annulations11 | |
| annunciated14 | foreshadow or presage |
| annunciates13 | foreshadow or presage |
| annunciator13 | an indicator that announces which electrical circuit has been active (as on a telephone switchboard) |
| anodization21 | |
| anointments13 | the act of applying oil or an oily liquid |
| anomalously16 | in an anomalous manner |
| anonymities16 | the state of being anonymous |
| anonymously19 | without giving a name |
| anophelines16 | any mosquito of the genus Anopheles |
| anorthosite14 | |
| anovulatory17 | |
| antagonisms14 | a state of deep-seated ill-will |
| antagonists12 | someone who offers opposition |
| antagonized22 | provoke the hostility of |
| antagonizes21 | provoke the hostility of |
| antalkalies15 | |
| antecedence16 | preceding in time |
| antecedents14 | someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) |
| antecessors13 | |
| antechamber20 | a large entrance or reception room or area |
| antechapels18 | |
| antenatally14 | |
| antenuptial13 | relating to events before a marriage |
| antependium16 | |
| antepenults13 | the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end |
| anteverting15 | |
| antheridial15 | relating to or characterized by an antheridium |
| antheridium17 | the male sex organ of spore-producing plants; produces antherozoids; equivalent to the anther in flowers |
| anthocyanin19 | |
| anthologies15 | a collection of selected literary passages |
| anthologist15 | an editor who makes selections for an anthology |
| anthologize24 | compile an anthology |
| anthracenes16 | |
| anthracites16 | a hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat |
| anthracitic18 | relating to or resembling anthracite coal |
| anthracnose16 | |
| anthropical18 | relating to mankind or the period of mankind's existence |
| anthropoids17 | person who resembles a nonhuman primate |
| antialcohol16 | |
| antianxiety21 | |
| antibiotics15 | a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections |
| antiboycott18 | |
| antiburglar14 | |
| antichoicer18 | |
| anticipants15 | one who anticipates |
| anticipated16 | regard something as probable or likely |
| anticipates15 | regard something as probable or likely |
| anticipator15 | one who anticipates |
| anticruelty16 | |
| anticyclone18 | (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern |
| antidotally15 | |
| antidumping17 | |
| antielitism13 | |
| antielitist11 | |
| antiemetics15 | a drug that prevents or alleviates nausea and vomiting |
| antifascism18 | |
| antifascist16 | |
| antifashion17 | |
| antifatigue15 | |
| antifoaming17 | |
| antifogging17 | |
| antiforeign15 | |
| antifouling15 | |
| antifreezes23 | a liquid added to the water in a cooling system to lower its freezing point |
| antifungals15 | any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi |
| antigravity18 | |
| antihelices16 | |
| antihelixes21 | |
| antiheroine14 | |
| antihunting15 | |
| antijamming23 | |
| antileprosy16 | |
| antiliberal13 | |
| antilogical14 | |
| antimalaria13 | |
| antimatters13 | matter consisting of elementary particles that are the antiparticles of those making up normal substances |
| antimissile13 | |
| antimitotic15 | |
| antimonials13 | |
| antimonides14 | |
| antimusical15 | |
| antinatural11 | |
| antineutron11 | the antiparticle of a neutron |
| antinomians13 | a follower of the doctrine of antinomianism |
| antinuclear13 | |
| antinucleon13 | |
| antiobesity16 | |
| antioxidant19 | substance that inhibits oxidation or inhibits reactions promoted by oxygen or peroxides |
| antiozonant20 | |
| antiparties13 | |
| antipathies16 | a feeling of intense dislike |
| antiphonals16 | bound collection of antiphons |
| antiphonary19 | bound collection of antiphons |
| antiphonies16 | alternate (responsive) singing by a choir in two parts |
| antiphrases16 | |
| antiphrasis16 | the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony) |
| antipodeans14 | |
| antipopular15 | |
| antipoverty19 | |
| antiprotons13 | an unstable negatively charged proton; the antiparticle of a proton |
| antipyretic18 | any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever |
| antipyrines16 | |
| antiquarian20 | an expert or collector of antiquities |
| antiquaries20 | an expert or collector of antiquities |
| antiquating21 | make obsolete or old-fashioned |
| antiquation20 | |
| antiquities20 | the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe |
| antiracisms15 | |
| antiracists13 | |
| antiradical14 | |
| antirealism13 | |
| antirealist11 | |
| antirrhinum16 | a genus of herbs of the family Scrophulariaceae with brightly colored irregular flowers |
| antiscience15 | |
| antisecrecy18 | |
| antiseizure20 | |
| antiseptics15 | a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues |
| antisexists18 | |
| antislavery17 | |
| antismokers17 | |
| antismoking18 | |
| antistories11 | |
| antistrophe16 | the section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama; the second of two metrically corresponding sections in a poem |
| antistudent12 | |
| antisubsidy17 | |
| antisuicide14 | |
| antitarnish14 | |
| antithyroid18 | having the effect of counteracting excessive thyroid activity |
| antitobacco17 | |
| antitruster11 | of laws and regulations; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices |
| antitumoral13 | |
| antitussive14 | any medicine used to suppress or relieve coughing |
| antityphoid20 | |
| antiviruses14 | |
| antivitamin16 | |
| antiwelfare17 | |
| antiwhaling18 | |
| antiwrinkle18 | |
| antonomasia13 | |
| antsinesses11 | |
| anxiolytics23 | a tranquilizer used to relieve anxiety and reduce tension and irritability |
| anxiousness18 | (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic |
| aortography20 | |
| apartmental15 | |
| apartnesses13 | |
| apatosaurus13 | huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic |
| aphetically21 | |
| aphrodisiac19 | a drug or other agent that stimulates sexual desire |
| apicultural15 | relating to the care and breeding of bees |
| apicultures15 | the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey |
| apishnesses16 | |
| apocalypses20 | a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil |
| apocalyptic22 | prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom |
| apocopating18 | |
| apologetics16 | the branch of theology that is concerned with the defense of Christian doctrines |
| apologising15 | defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning |
| apologizers23 | |
| apologizing24 | acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing |
| apomorphine20 | a morphine derivative that is not as strong as morphine; used as an emetic and in small doses as a sedative |
| aponeuroses13 | any of the deeper and thicker fascia that attach muscles to bones; resemble flattened tendons |
| aponeurosis13 | any of the deeper and thicker fascia that attach muscles to bones; resemble flattened tendons |
| aponeurotic15 | of or relating to an aponeurosis |
| apophthegms24 | a short pithy instructive saying |
| apophyllite21 | |
| aposiopeses15 | breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations) |
| aposiopesis15 | breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations) |
| aposiopetic17 | relating to or characteristic of aposiopesis |
| apostatised14 | abandon one's beliefs or allegiances |
| apostatises13 | abandon one's beliefs or allegiances |
| apostatized23 | abandon one's beliefs or allegiances |
| apostatizes22 | abandon one's beliefs or allegiances |
| apostleship18 | the position of apostle |
| apostolates13 | |
| apostrophes18 | address to an absent or imaginary person |
| apostrophic20 | of or characteristic of apostrophe |
| apotheosize25 | deify or glorify |
| appallingly19 | to an appalling extent |
| apparatchik24 | a humorous but derogatory term for an official of a large organization (especially a political organization) |
| apparatuses15 | equipment designed to serve a specific function |
| apparelling16 | |
| apparitions15 | a ghostly appearing figure |
| appealingly19 | in an appealing manner |
| appearances17 | outward or visible aspect of a person or thing |
| appeasement17 | the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of) |
| appellation15 | identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others |
| appellative18 | identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others |
| apperceived21 | perceive in terms of a past experience |
| apperceives20 | perceive in terms of a past experience |
| appertained16 | be a part or attribute of |
| appetencies17 | a feeling of craving something; ; - Granville Hicks |
| applaudable18 | worthy of high praise |
| applaudably21 | |
| applesauces17 | puree of stewed apples usually sweetened and spiced |
| application17 | the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose |
| applicative20 | readily applicable or practical |
| applicators17 | a device for applying a substance |
| applicatory20 | readily applicable or practical |
| appliqueing25 | sew on as a decoration |
| appointment17 | the act of putting a person into a non-elective position |
| apportioned16 | distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose |
| appositions15 | a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows |
| appositives18 | |
| appreciable19 | enough to be estimated or measured |
| appreciably22 | to a noticeable degree |
| appreciated18 | recognize with gratitude; be grateful for |
| appreciates17 | recognize with gratitude; be grateful for |
| appreciator17 | a person who is fully aware of something and understands it |
| apprehended20 | get the meaning of something |
| apprenticed18 | be or work as an apprentice |
| apprentices17 | works for an expert to learn a trade |
| appressoria15 | |
| approaching21 | the event of one object coming closer to another |
| approbating18 | approve or sanction officially |
| approbation17 | official approval |
| approbatory20 | expressing or manifesting praise or approval |
| appropriate17 | give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause |
| approvingly22 | in an approving manner |
| approximate24 | be close or similar |
| appurtenant15 | furnishing added support |
| apriorities13 | |
| aptitudinal14 | of or relating to aptitudes |
| aquaculture22 | rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food |
| aquafarming26 | |
| aquamarines22 | a transparent variety of beryl that is blue green in color |
| aquaplaners22 | |
| aquaplaning23 | rise up onto a thin film of water between the tires and road so that there is no more contact with the road |
| aquarellist20 | |
| aquatically25 | |
| aquatinters20 | |
| aquatinting21 | etch in aquatint |
| aquatintist20 | |
| aquiculture22 | a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients |
| arabicizing25 | |
| arabilities13 | the quality of land that is appropriate for cultivation |
| arabinoside14 | |
| arbitragers14 | someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential) |
| arbitrageur14 | someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential) |
| arbitraging15 | practice arbitrage, as in the stock market |
| arbitrament15 | the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment |
| arbitrarily16 | in a random manner |
| arbitrating14 | act between parties with a view to reconciling differences |
| arbitration13 | (law) the hearing and determination of a dispute by an impartial referee agreed to by both parties (often used to settle disputes between labor and management) |
| arbitrative16 | relating to or having the authority to arbitrate |
| arbitrators13 | someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue |
| arbitresses13 | |
| arborescent15 | resembling a tree in form and branching structure |
| arborvitaes16 | any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis |
| arboviruses16 | a large heterogeneous group of RNA viruses divisible into groups on the basis of the virions; they have been recovered from arthropods, bats, and rodents; most are borne by arthropods; they are linked by the epidemiologic concept of transmission between vertebrate hosts by arthropod vectors (mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, midges, etc.) that feed on blood; they can cause mild fevers, hepatitis, hemorrhagic fever, and encephalitis |
| archaeology20 | the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures |
| archaically21 | |
| archangelic19 | of or relating to or resembling archangels |
| archbishops23 | a bishop of highest rank |
| archdeacons19 | (Anglican Church) an ecclesiastical dignitary usually ranking just below a bishop |
| archdiocese19 | the diocese of an archbishop |
| archduchess22 | a wife or widow of an archduke or a princess of the former ruling house of Austria |
| archduchies22 | the domain controlled by an archduke or archduchess |
| archdukedom24 | |
| archegonial17 | of or relating to an archegonium |
| archegonium19 | a female sex organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most gymnosperms |
| archenemies18 | |
| archenteron16 | central cavity of the gastrula; becomes the intestinal or digestive cavity |
| archesporia18 | primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops |
| archipelago19 | a group of many islands in a large body of water |
| architraves19 | the molding around a door or window |
| archpriests18 | a senior clergyman and dignitary |
| arctangents14 | the inverse function of the tangent; the angle that has a tangent equal to a given number |
| arduousness12 | extreme effortfulness |
| arenicolous13 | growing or living or burrowing in sand |
| areocentric15 | |
| argumentive17 | |
| aristocracy18 | a privileged class holding hereditary titles |
| aristocrats13 | a member of the aristocracy |
| arithmetics18 | the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations |
| aromaticity18 | |
| aromatizing23 | fill or impregnate with an odor |
| arpeggiated16 | |
| arpeggiates15 | |
| arraignment14 | a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment |
| arrangement14 | the thing arranged or agreed to |
| arrestingly15 | |
| arrestments13 | |
| arrhythmias22 | an abnormal rate of muscle contractions in the heart |
| arrogancies14 | |
| arrogations12 | seizure by the government |
| arteriogram14 | an X ray of an artery filled with a contrast medium |
| arteritides12 | |
| arthralgias15 | pain in a joint or joints |
| arthritides15 | |
| arthrodeses15 | |
| arthrodesis15 | the surgical fixation of a joint which is intended to result in bone fusion |
| arthropathy22 | a pathology or abnormality of a joint |
| arthropodan17 | of or relating to invertebrates of the phylum Arthropoda |
| arthroscope18 | a type of endoscope that is inserted into a joint for visual examination |
| arthroscopy21 | a minimally invasive operation to repair a damaged joint; the surgeon examines the joint with an arthroscope while making repairs through a small incision |
| arthrospore16 | a body that resembles a spore but is not an endospore; produced by some bacteria |
| articulable15 | |
| articulated14 | provide with a joint |
| articulates13 | provide with a joint |
| articulator13 | someone who pronounces words |
| artifactual16 | of or relating to artifacts |
| artilleries11 | large but transportable armament |
| artillerist11 | |
| artiodactyl17 | placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot |
| artisanship16 | |
| artlessness11 | the quality of innocent naivete |
| artsinesses11 | |
| asafoetidas15 | the brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic |
| ascendances16 | the state that exists when one person or group has power over another |
| ascendantly17 | |
| ascendences16 | the state that exists when one person or group has power over another |
| ascensional13 | tending to rise |
| ascertained14 | establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study |
| ascetically18 | in an ascetic manner |
| asceticisms17 | the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state |
| ascomycetes20 | large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota: sac fungi |
| ascriptions15 | assigning some quality or character to a person or thing |
| aseptically18 | |
| asininities11 | the quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with stubbornness |
| askewnesses18 | |
| asparagines14 | a crystalline amino acid found in proteins and in many plants (e.g., asparagus) |
| asparaguses14 | plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable |
| aspergillum16 | |
| aspergillus14 | genus of common molds causing food spoilage and some pathogenic to plants and animals |
| asphaltites16 | |
| asphyxiated27 | deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing |
| asphyxiates26 | deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing |
| aspidistras14 | evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant |
| aspirations13 | a will to succeed |
| assassinate11 | murder; especially of socially prominent persons |
| assemblages16 | a group of persons together in one place |
| assemblyman20 | someone who is a member of a legislative assembly |
| assemblymen20 | someone who is a member of a legislative assembly |
| assentation11 | |
| assertively17 | in an assertive manner |
| assessments13 | the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth |
| asseverated15 | state categorically |
| asseverates14 | state categorically |
| assiduities12 | great and constant diligence and attention |
| assiduously15 | with care and persistence |
| assignation12 | a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers) |
| assignments14 | a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces) |
| assimilable15 | able to be absorbed and incorporated into body tissues |
| assimilated14 | take up mentally |
| assimilates13 | take up mentally |
| assimilator13 | someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs |
| assistances13 | the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose |
| associating14 | make a logical or causal connection |
| association13 | a formal organization of people or groups of people |
| associative16 | characterized by or causing or resulting from the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination |
| assoilments13 | |
| assortative14 | |
| assortments13 | a collection containing a variety of sorts of things |
| assuagement14 | the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced |
| assumptions15 | a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn |
| assuredness12 | great coolness and composure under strain |
| asterisking16 | mark with an asterisk |
| astigmatics16 | |
| astigmatism16 | (ophthalmology) impaired eyesight resulting usually from irregular conformation of the cornea; common in nearsighted people |
| astonishing15 | affect with wonder |
| astringency17 | a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker |
| astringents12 | a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals |
| astrocytoma18 | |
| astrologers12 | someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon |
| astrologies12 | a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon |
| astrometric15 | |
| astronautic13 | of or belonging to astronauts or the science of astronautics |
| astronomers13 | a physicist who studies astronomy |
| astronomies13 | the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole |
| asymmetries18 | (mathematics) a lack of symmetry |
| atelectases13 | |
| atelectasis13 | collapse of an expanded lung (especially in infants); also failure of pulmonary alveoli to expand at birth |
| atheistical16 | related to or characterized by or given to atheism |
| atherogenic17 | |
| athleticism18 | intense energy |
| athwartship22 | |
| atmosphered19 | |
| atmospheres18 | a particular environment or surrounding influence |
| atmospheric20 | relating to or located in the atmosphere |
| atomicities15 | |
| atomization22 | separating something into fine particles |
| atonalities11 | the absence of a key; alternative to the diatonic system |
| atonicities13 | lack of normal muscular tension or tonus |
| atrabilious13 | irritable as if suffering from indigestion |
| atrociously16 | in a terrible manner |
| attachments18 | a feeling of affection for a person or an institution |
| attainments13 | the act of achieving an aim |
| attempering16 | modify the temperature of |
| attemptable17 | |
| attendances14 | the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.) |
| attentional11 | of or relating to attention |
| attentively17 | with attention; in an attentive manner |
| attenuating12 | weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance) |
| attenuation11 | weakening in force or intensity |
| attenuators11 | an electrical device for attenuating the strength of an electrical signal |
| attestation11 | the action of bearing witness |
| attitudinal12 | of or relating to attitudes |
| attornments13 | |
| attractance15 | |
| attractancy18 | |
| attractants13 | |
| attractions13 | the force by which one object attracts another |
| attributing14 | attribute or credit to |
| attribution13 | assigning some quality or character to a person or thing |
| attributive16 | of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify |
| attritional11 | relating to or caused by attrition |
| attunements13 | |
| atypicality21 | any state that is not typical |
| auctioneers13 | an agent who conducts an auction |
| audaciously17 | in an audacious manner |
| audiologies13 | the measurement of hearing |
| audiologist13 | |
| audiometers14 | an instrument used to measure the sensitivity of hearing |
| audiometric16 | of or relating to audiometry |
| audiophiles17 | |
| audiotaping15 | |
| audiovisual15 | materials using sight or sound to present information |
| auditioning13 | perform in order to get a role |
| auditoriums14 | the area of a theater or concert hall where the audience sits |
| auscultated14 | examine by auscultation |
| auscultates13 | examine by auscultation |
| auspicating16 | indicate by signs |
| austereness11 | extreme plainness |
| austerities11 | the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures) |
| autarchical18 | of or relating to or characterized by autarchy |
| authoresses14 | a woman author |
| authorising15 | give or delegate power or authority to |
| authorities14 | the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit |
| authorizers23 | an authority who authorizes (people or actions) |
| authorizing24 | grant authorization or clearance for |
| authorships19 | the act of creating written works |
| autocephaly21 | |
| autochthons19 | the earliest known inhabitants of a region |
| autoclaving17 | subject to the action of an autoclave |
| autocracies15 | a political system governed by a single individual |
| autocrosses13 | |
| autodidacts15 | a person who has taught himself |
| autoerotism13 | using you own body as a sexual object |
| autofocuses16 | an optical device for focussing a camera or other instrument automatically |
| autografted16 | |
| autographed18 | mark with one's signature |
| autographic19 | written in the author's own handwriting |
| autoloading13 | (of firearms) capable of automatic loading and firing continuously |
| autolysates14 | |
| autolyzates23 | |
| automatable15 | |
| automations13 | the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware |
| automatisms15 | any reaction that occurs automatically without conscious thought or reflection (especially the undirected behavior seen in psychomotor epilepsy) |
| automatists13 | |
| automatized23 | turn into an automaton |
| automatizes22 | turn into an automaton |
| automobiled16 | travel in an automobile |
| automobiles15 | a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine |
| autonomists13 | |
| autophagies17 | |
| autorotated12 | |
| autorotates11 | |
| autosomally16 | |
| autostradas12 | an expressway in an Italian-speaking country |
| autosuggest13 | |
| autotomized23 | cause a body part to undergo autotomy |
| autotomizes22 | cause a body part to undergo autotomy |
| autotrophic18 | of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis |
| autoworkers18 | |
| auxiliaries18 | someone who acts as assistant |
| auxotrophic25 | |
| avalanching20 | gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow |
| aventurines14 | a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals |
| averageness15 | the state of being that is average; indicates normality but with connotations of mediocrity |
| avgolemonos17 | |
| aviatresses14 | a woman aviator |
| avicultures16 | |
| avocational16 | of or involved in an avocation |
| avoirdupois17 | a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains) |
| avouchments21 | a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something |
| avuncularly19 | |
| awarenesses14 | having knowledge of |
| awesomeness16 | |
| awestricken20 | having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread |
| awfulnesses17 | a quality of extreme unpleasantness |
| awkwardness22 | unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training |
| axiological21 | of or relating to the study of values |
| axiomatized30 | |
| axiomatizes29 | |
| axisymmetry28 | |
| axonometric22 | |
| azeotropies22 | |
| azimuthally28 | |
| azoospermia24 | |
| azotobacter24 | |
| Word | Definition |
| aardwolves17 | striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects |
| abacterial14 | |
| abandoners13 | |
| abandoning14 | forsake, leave behind |
| abasements14 | a low or downcast state; - H.L.Menchken |
| abashments17 | feeling embarrassed due to modesty |
| abatements14 | an interruption in the intensity or amount of something |
| abbotships19 | |
| abbreviate17 | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements |
| abcoulombs18 | a unit of electrical charge equal to 10 coulombs |
| abdicating16 | give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations |
| abdication15 | a formal resignation and renunciation of powers |
| abdicators15 | one who formally relinquishes an office or responsibility |
| abdominals15 | the muscles of the abdomen |
| abducentes15 | |
| abductions15 | the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife |
| abductores15 | |
| aberrances14 | a state or condition markedly different from the norm |
| aberrantly15 | |
| aberration12 | a state or condition markedly different from the norm |
| abeyancies17 | |
| abhorrence17 | hate coupled with disgust |
| abiogenist13 | a believer in abiogenesis |
| abjections21 | a low or downcast state; - H.L.Menchken |
| abjectness21 | |
| abjuration19 | a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion |
| ablatively18 | |
| abnegating14 | deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure |
| abnegation13 | the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief |
| abnegators13 | one who gives up or relinquishes or renounces something |
| abnormally17 | in an abnormal manner |
| abolishers15 | |
| abolishing16 | do away with |
| abolitions12 | the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery) |
| abominable16 | unequivocally detestable; ; ; ; - Edmund Burke |
| abominably19 | in an offensive and hateful manner |
| abominated15 | find repugnant |
| abominates14 | find repugnant |
| abominator14 | one who hates or loathes |
| aboriginal13 | a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived |
| aborigines13 | an indigenous person who was born in a particular place |
| abortively18 | in an unfruitful manner |
| aboveboard18 | without concealment or deception; honest |
| abrasively18 | |
| abreacting15 | discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization |
| abreaction14 | (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions |
| abridgment16 | a shortened version of a written work |
| abrogating14 | revoke formally |
| abrogation13 | the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation |
| abrogators13 | an authority or official empowered to abolish or annul or repeal |
| abruptions14 | an instance of sudden interruption |
| abruptness14 | an abrupt discourteous manner |
| abscessing15 | |
| abscission14 | shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant |
| absconders15 | a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution |
| absconding16 | run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along |
| absolutely15 | completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers |
| absolutest12 | perfect or complete or pure |
| absolution12 | the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance |
| absolutism14 | dominance through threat of punishment and violence |
| absolutist12 | one who advocates absolutism |
| absolutive15 | |
| absolutize21 | |
| absolvents15 | |
| absorbable16 | capable of being absorbed or taken in through the pores of a surface |
| absorbance16 | (physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation |
| absorbancy19 | |
| absorbants14 | |
| absorbency19 | the property of being absorbent |
| absorbents14 | a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance |
| absorption14 | (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid |
| absorptive17 | having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.) |
| abstainers12 | someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline |
| abstaining13 | refrain from voting |
| abstemious14 | sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; - John Galsworthy |
| abstention12 | the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) |
| absterging14 | |
| abstinence14 | the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) |
| abstracted15 | consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically |
| abstracter14 | one who makes abstracts or summarizes information |
| abstractly17 | in abstract terms |
| abstractor14 | one who makes abstracts or summarizes information |
| abstricted15 | |
| abstrusely15 | in a manner difficult to understand |
| abstrusest12 | difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge |
| abstrusity15 | wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound |
| absurdisms15 | |
| absurdists13 | |
| absurdness13 | a message whose content is at variance with reason |
| abundances15 | the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply |
| abundantly16 | in an abundant manner |
| academical17 | |
| academisms17 | orthodoxy of a scholastic variety |
| acanthuses15 | any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers; native to Mediterranean region but widely cultivated |
| acaricidal15 | |
| acaricides15 | a chemical agent used to kill mites |
| accedences17 | |
| accelerant14 | |
| accelerate14 | move faster |
| accentless14 | |
| accentuate14 | to stress, single out as important |
| acceptable18 | worthy of acceptance or satisfactory |
| acceptably21 | in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner |
| acceptance18 | the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true |
| acceptedly20 | |
| accessible16 | capable of being reached |
| accessibly19 | |
| accessions14 | a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group) |
| accidences17 | the part of grammar that deals with the inflections of words |
| accidental15 | a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature |
| accidently18 | |
| accipiters16 | type genus of the family Accipitridae |
| acclaimers16 | |
| acclaiming17 | praise vociferously |
| acclimated17 | get used to a certain climate |
| acclimates16 | get used to a certain climate |
| accolading16 | |
| accomplice20 | a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) |
| accomplish21 | put in effect |
| accordance17 | concurrence of opinion |
| accordions15 | a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player |
| accoucheur19 | a physician specializing in obstetrics |
| accountant14 | someone who maintains and audits business accounts |
| accounting15 | a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes |
| accoutered15 | provide with military equipment |
| accoutring15 | provide with military equipment |
| accredited16 | grant credentials to |
| accretions14 | an increase by natural growth or addition |
| accruement16 | the act of accumulating |
| accumulate16 | get or gather together |
| accuracies16 | the quality of being near to the true value |
| accurately17 | with few mistakes |
| accursedly18 | |
| accusation14 | a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt |
| accusative17 | the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb |
| accusatory17 | containing or expressing accusation; ; ; - O.Henry |
| accusingly18 | in an accusing manner |
| accustomed17 | make psychologically or physically used (to something) |
| acephalous17 | lacking a head or a clearly defined head |
| acerbating15 | cause to be bitter or resentful |
| acerbities14 | a sharp bitterness |
| acetabular14 | of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone |
| acetabulum16 | the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint |
| acetamides15 | a colorless solid amide of acetic acid used as a solvent and in the synthesis of organic compounds |
| acetanilid13 | a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic |
| acetifiers15 | |
| acetifying19 | make sour or more sour |
| acetylated16 | receive substitution of an acetyl group |
| acetylates15 | receive substitution of an acetyl group |
| acetylenes15 | a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis |
| acetylenic17 | of or related to acetylene |
| achalasias15 | |
| achievable20 | capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do |
| achinesses15 | |
| achondrite16 | a stony meteor lacking chondrules |
| achromatic19 | having no hue |
| acidifiers16 | |
| acidifying20 | make sour or more sour |
| acidimeter15 | |
| acidimetry18 | volumetric analysis using standard solutions of acids to measure the amount of a base present |
| acidnesses13 | |
| acidophile18 | an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment |
| acidophils18 | an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment |
| acidulated14 | make sour or more sour |
| acidulates13 | make sour or more sour |
| acierating13 | |
| acoelomate14 | |
| acoustical14 | of or relating to the science of acoustics |
| acquainted22 | cause to come to know personally |
| acquiesced24 | to agree or express agreement |
| acquiesces23 | to agree or express agreement |
| acquirable23 | capable of being acquired |
| acquisitor21 | |
| acquittals21 | a judgment of not guilty |
| acquitters21 | |
| acquitting22 | pronounce not guilty of criminal charges |
| acridities13 | having an acrid smell |
| acrimonies14 | a rough and bitter manner |
| acritarchs17 | |
| acrobatics16 | the gymnastic moves of an acrobat |
| acromegaly18 | enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face; often accompanied by headache and muscle pain and emotional disturbances; caused by overproduction of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary gland (due to a tumor) |
| acrophobes19 | |
| acrophobia19 | a morbid fear of great heights |
| acrospires14 | |
| acrostical14 | |
| acrylamide18 | a white crystalline amide of propenoic acid can damage the nervous system and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals |
| actability17 | |
| actinolite12 | a green mineral of the amphibole group; calcium magnesium iron silicate |
| actionable14 | affording grounds for legal action |
| actionably17 | |
| actionless12 | |
| activating16 | the activity of causing to have energy and be active |
| activation15 | stimulation of activity in an organism or chemical |
| activators15 | (biology) any agency bringing about activation; a molecule that increases the activity of an enzyme or a protein that increases the production of a gene product in DNA transcription |
| activeness15 | the state of being active |
| activistic17 | advocating or engaged in activism |
| activities15 | any specific behavior |
| activizing25 | |
| actomyosin17 | a protein complex in muscle fibers; composed of myosin and actin; shortens when stimulated and causes muscle contractions |
| actualized22 | make real or concrete; give reality or substance to |
| actualizes21 | make real or concrete; give reality or substance to |
| actuations12 | the act of propelling |
| acuminated15 | make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point |
| acuminates14 | make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point |
| acyclovirs20 | an oral antiviral drug (trade name Zovirax) used to treat genital herpes; does not cure the disease but relieves the symptoms |
| acylations15 | the process of introducing an acyl group into a compound |
| adamancies15 | |
| adamantine13 | consisting of or having the hardness of adamant |
| adaptation13 | a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form |
| adaptively19 | |
| adaptivity19 | |
| addictions14 | being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) |
| additional12 | further or added |
| additively18 | |
| additivity18 | |
| addlepated15 | stupid and confused; ; - Isaac Sterne |
| addressees12 | one to whom something is addressed |
| addressers12 | |
| addressing13 | speak to |
| addressors12 | |
| adductions14 | (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body |
| ademptions15 | |
| adenitises11 | inflammation of a gland or lymph node |
| adenosines11 | (biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a constituent of DNA and RNA and ADP and ATP and AMP |
| adenoviral14 | |
| adenovirus14 | any of a group of viruses including those that in humans cause upper respiratory infections or infectious pinkeye |
| adequacies22 | the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: |
| adequately23 | in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree |
| adherences16 | faithful support for a cause or political party or religion |
| adherently17 | |
| adhesional14 | |
| adhesively20 | |
| adhibiting17 | |
| adipoceres15 | |
| adipocytes18 | |
| adjacences22 | |
| adjacently23 | |
| adjectival23 | of or relating to or functioning as an adjective |
| adjectives23 | a word that expresses an attribute of something |
| adjourning19 | close at the end of a session |
| adjudicate21 | put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of |
| adjunction20 | an act of joining or adjoining things |
| adjunctive23 | joining; forming an adjunct |
| adjuration18 | a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something |
| adjuratory21 | earnestly or solemnly entreating |
| adjustable20 | capable of being changed so as to match or fit |
| adjustment20 | making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances |
| admeasured14 | determine the quantity of someone's share |
| admeasures13 | determine the quantity of someone's share |
| administer13 | work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of |
| admiration13 | a feeling of delighted approval and liking |
| admiringly17 | with admiration |
| admissible15 | deserving to be admitted |
| admissions13 | the act of admitting someone to enter |
| admittance15 | the right to enter |
| admittedly17 | as acknowledged |
| admixtures20 | the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something |
| admonished17 | admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior |
| admonisher16 | someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided |
| admonishes16 | admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior |
| admonition13 | cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness) |
| admonitors13 | |
| admonitory16 | serving to warn |
| adolescent13 | a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity |
| adoptively19 | |
| adorations11 | a feeling of profound love and admiration |
| adornments13 | a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness |
| adrenaline11 | a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action |
| adrenalins11 | a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action |
| adrenergic14 | drug that has the effects of epinephrine |
| adroitness11 | skillful performance or ability without difficulty |
| adsorbable15 | capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid |
| adsorbates13 | a material that has been or is capable of being adsorbed |
| adsorbents13 | a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance |
| adsorption13 | the accumulation of molecules of a gas to form a thin film on the surface of a solid |
| adsorptive16 | having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface |
| adulations11 | servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise |
| adulterant11 | any substance that lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance |
| adulterate11 | corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones |
| adulterers11 | someone who commits adultery or fornication |
| adulteress11 | a woman adulterer |
| adulteries11 | extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations |
| adulterine11 | conceived in adultery |
| adulterous11 | characterized by adultery |
| adulthoods15 | the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed |
| adumbrated16 | describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of |
| adumbrates15 | describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of |
| advantaged16 | give an advantage to |
| advantages15 | the quality of having a superior or more favorable position |
| advections16 | (meteorology) the horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties |
| adventitia14 | an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue |
| adventives17 | |
| adventured15 | take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome |
| adventurer14 | a person who enjoys taking risks |
| adventures14 | a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) |
| adverbials16 | a word or group of words function as an adverb |
| advertence16 | the process of being heedful |
| advertency19 | the process of being heedful |
| advertised15 | call attention to |
| advertiser14 | someone whose business is advertising |
| advertises14 | call attention to |
| advertized24 | make publicity for; try to sell (a product) |
| advertizes23 | make publicity for; try to sell (a product) |
| advisement16 | careful consideration |
| advisories14 | an announcement that usually advises or warns the public of some threat |
| advocacies18 | active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something |
| advocating17 | push for something |
| advocation16 | |
| advocative19 | |
| advocators16 | a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea |
| aeciospore14 | spore of a rust fungus formed in an aecium |
| aerenchyma20 | |
| aerialists10 | an acrobat who performs in the air (as on a rope or trapeze) |
| aerobatics14 | the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft |
| aerobicize23 | |
| aerobioses12 | |
| aerobiosis12 | life sustained in the presence of air or oxygen |
| aerobraked17 | |
| aerobrakes16 | |
| aerodromes13 | an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo |
| aerogramme15 | a letter sent by air mail |
| aerologies11 | meteorology of the total extent of the atmosphere; especially the upper layers |
| aerometers12 | |
| aeronautic12 | of or pertaining to aeronautics |
| aeronomers12 | |
| aeronomies12 | |
| aeronomist12 | |
| aeropauses12 | |
| aerophobes17 | |
| aerophores15 | |
| aerophytes18 | plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it |
| aeroplanes12 | an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets |
| aeropulses12 | |
| aeroscopes14 | |
| aerosolize19 | disperse as an aerosol |
| aerospaces14 | the atmosphere and outer space considered as a whole |
| aesthesias13 | mental responsiveness and awareness |
| aesthetics15 | (art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art) |
| aestivated14 | sleep during summer |
| aestivates13 | sleep during summer |
| affability21 | a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) |
| affectable20 | |
| affectedly22 | in an affected manner |
| affections18 | a positive feeling of liking |
| affectless18 | |
| afferently19 | |
| affiancing19 | give to in marriage |
| affidavits20 | written declaration made under oath; a written statement sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to administer an oath |
| affiliated17 | keep company with; hang out with |
| affiliates16 | a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization |
| affinities16 | (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody |
| affirmable20 | capable of being affirmed or asserted |
| affirmance20 | |
| affirmants18 | |
| affixation23 | the result of adding an affix to a root word |
| affixments25 | |
| affixtures23 | |
| afflatuses16 | a strong creative impulse; divine inspiration |
| afflicters18 | |
| afflicting19 | cause great unhappiness for; distress |
| affliction18 | a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity |
| afflictive21 | causing misery or pain or distress |
| affluences18 | abundant wealth |
| affluently19 | |
| affordable19 | that you have the financial means for |
| affordably22 | |
| afforested17 | establish a forest on previously unforested land |
| affricated19 | |
| affricates18 | a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy') |
| affrighted21 | cause fear in |
| affronting17 | treat, mention, or speak to rudely |
| aficionada16 | |
| aficionado16 | a fan of bull fighting |
| aflatoxins20 | a potent carcinogen from the fungus Aspergillus; can be produced and stored for use as a bioweapon |
| afterbirth18 | the placenta and fetal membranes that are expelled from the uterus after the baby is born |
| aftercares15 | care and treatment of a convalescent patient |
| afterclaps17 | |
| afterdamps18 | a toxic mixture of gases (including carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide and nitrogen) after an explosion of firedamp in a mine |
| afterdecks20 | a deck abaft of midships |
| afterglows17 | a glow sometimes seen in the sky after sunset |
| afterimage16 | an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased |
| afterlifes16 | life after death |
| afterlives16 | |
| aftermaths18 | the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event) |
| afternoons13 | the part of the day between noon and evening |
| afterpains15 | pains felt by a woman after her baby is born; associated with contractions of the uterus |
| afterpiece17 | a brief dramatic piece (usually comic) presented after a play |
| aftershave19 | |
| aftershock22 | a tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake |
| aftertaste13 | an afterimage of a taste |
| aftertimes15 | |
| afterwards17 | happening at a time subsequent to a reference time |
| afterwords17 | |
| afterworld17 | the place where you are after you die |
| agalactias13 | a condition in which milk is not secreted in the mother's breasts after her child has been delivered |
| agapanthus16 | any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers |
| agatewares14 | pottery that is veined and mottled to resemble agate |
| agednesses12 | the property characteristic of old age |
| agendaless12 | |
| agglutinin12 | an antibody that causes agglutination of a specific antigen |
| aggrandise13 | add details to |
| aggrandize22 | add details to |
| aggravated16 | make worse |
| aggravates15 | make worse |
| aggregated14 | amount in the aggregate to |
| aggregates13 | the whole amount |
| aggressing13 | take the initiative and go on the offensive |
| aggression12 | a disposition to behave aggressively |
| aggressive15 | having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends |
| aggressors12 | someone who attacks |
| aggrieving16 | infringe on the rights of |
| agitatedly15 | |
| agitations11 | a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance |
| agoraphobe18 | |
| agreements13 | the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises |
| agrimonies13 | a plant of the genus Agrimonia having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowers |
| agrologies12 | science of soils in relation to crops |
| agronomies13 | the application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production |
| agronomist13 | an expert in soil management and field-crop production |
| airbrushed16 | paint with an airbrush |
| airbrushes15 | an atomizer to spray paint by means of compressed air |
| aircoaches17 | |
| airdropped16 | |
| airfreight17 | transport (cargo) by air |
| airinesses10 | the property of something spacious and abounding in fresh air |
| airlifting14 | fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means |
| airmailing13 | send or transport by airmail |
| airmanship17 | the art of operating aircraft |
| airproofed16 | |
| airstreams12 | a relatively well-defined prevailing wind |
| airstrikes14 | |
| aitchbones17 | a cut of beef including the H-shaped rump bone |
| alabasters12 | a compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving |
| alacrities12 | liveliness and eagerness |
| alacritous12 | quick and eager |
| alarmingly16 | in an alarming manner |
| albertites12 | |
| albinistic14 | of or pertaining to or affected by albinism |
| albuminous14 | relating to or containing or resembling albumin |
| albuterols12 | a bronchodilator (trade names Ventolin or Proventil) used for asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inhalant forms; side effects are tachycardia and shakiness |
| alchemical19 | related to or concerned with alchemy |
| alchemists17 | one who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone |
| alchemized27 | alter (elements) by alchemy |
| alchemizes26 | alter (elements) by alchemy |
| alcoholics17 | a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually |
| alcoholism17 | habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms |
| alderflies14 | dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae |
| aldermanic15 | of or relating to or like an alderman |
| alderwoman16 | |
| alderwomen16 | |
| alexanders18 | European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb |
| alfilarias13 | European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage |
| alfilerias13 | European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage |
| algaecides14 | |
| algarrobas13 | long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute |
| algarrobos13 | |
| algebraist13 | a mathematician whose specialty is algebra |
| algidities12 | prostration characterized by cold and clammy skin and low blood pressure |
| algolagnia12 | sexual pleasure derived from inflicting or experiencing pain |
| algologies12 | the branch of botany that studies algae |
| algologist12 | |
| algometers13 | device for measuring pain caused by pressure |
| algorithms16 | a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem |
| alienating11 | arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness |
| alienation10 | the feeling of being alienated from other people |
| alienators10 | an unpleasant person who causes friendly people to become indifferent or unfriendly or hostile |
| alightment16 | |
| alignments13 | an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty |
| alimentary15 | of or providing nourishment |
| alimenting13 | give nourishment to |
| alinements12 | an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty |
| aliterates10 | a person who can read but is disinclined to derive information from literary sources |
| alizarines19 | an orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing |
| alkahestic19 | of or pertaining to the alkahest that alchemists assumed to exist |
| alkalified18 | turn basic and less acidic |
| alkalifies17 | turn basic and less acidic |
| alkalinity17 | pH values above 7 |
| alkalinize23 | become alkaline |
| alkalising15 | turn basic and less acidic |
| alkalizers23 | an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach) |
| alkalizing24 | turn basic and less acidic |
| alkaloidal15 | pertaining to or consisting of alkaloids |
| alkylating18 | |
| alkylation17 | |
| allantoids11 | |
| allantoins10 | |
| allargando12 | gradually decreasing in tempo and broadening in manner |
| allegation11 | (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law) |
| allegiance13 | the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action |
| allegiants11 | |
| allegories11 | a short moral story (often with animal characters) |
| allegorise11 | interpret as an allegory |
| allegorist11 | |
| allegorize20 | interpret as an allegory |
| allegretto11 | a quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro |
| allemandes13 | egg-thickened veloute |
| allergenic13 | relating to or having the effect of an allergen |
| allergists11 | a physician skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies |
| allethrins13 | |
| alleviants13 | remedy that alleviates pain without curing |
| alleviated14 | provide physical relief, as from pain |
| alleviates13 | provide physical relief, as from pain |
| alleviator13 | a therapist who makes suffering more endurable |
| alliaceous12 | of or pertaining to the botanical genus Allium |
| alligators11 | leather made from alligator's hide |
| alliterate10 | use alliteration as a form of poetry |
| allocating13 | distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose |
| allocation12 | a share set aside for a specific purpose |
| allocators12 | a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion |
| allocution12 | (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts |
| allogamies13 | cross-fertilization in plants |
| allogamous13 | relating to cross-fertilization in plants |
| allogeneic13 | denoting or relating to cells or tissues from individuals belonging to the same species but genetically dissimilar (and hence immunologically incompatible) |
| allografts14 | tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppressed to prevent rejection of the graft |
| allographs16 | a variant form of a grapheme, as `m' or `M' or a handwritten version of that grapheme |
| allometric14 | relating to or marked by allometry |
| allomorphs17 | any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound |
| allopatric14 | (of biological species or speciation) occurring in areas isolated geographically from one another |
| allophanes15 | |
| allophones15 | (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme |
| allophonic17 | pertaining to allophones |
| alloplasms14 | |
| allosaurus10 | late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus |
| allosteric12 | |
| allotments12 | a share set aside for a specific purpose |
| allotropes12 | a structurally different form of an element |
| allotropic14 | of or related to or exhibiting allotropism |
| allotypies15 | |
| allowables15 | |
| allowanced16 | put on a fixed allowance, as of food |
| allowances15 | an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period) |
| allurement12 | attractiveness |
| alluringly14 | |
| allusively16 | |
| almandines13 | a purple variety of the ruby spinel |
| almandites13 | a deep red garnet consisting of iron aluminum silicate |
| almsgivers16 | a person who gives alms |
| almsgiving17 | making voluntary contributions to aid the poor |
| almshouses15 | |
| alogically16 | |
| alongshore14 | |
| alpenglows16 | |
| alpenhorns15 | |
| alpenstock18 | a stout staff with a metal point; used by mountain climbers |
| alphabeted18 | |
| alphabetic19 | relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet |
| alphameric19 | of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters |
| alphosises15 | |
| altarpiece14 | a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table |
| altazimuth24 | an instrument that measures the altitude and azimuth of celestial bodies; used in navigation |
| alteration10 | an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another |
| altercated13 | have a disagreement over something |
| altercates12 | have a disagreement over something |
| alterities10 | |
| alternants10 | |
| alternated11 | go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions |
| alternates10 | someone who takes the place of another person |
| alternator10 | an old term for an electric generator that produces alternating current (especially in automobiles) |
| altigraphs16 | |
| altimeters12 | an instrument that measures the height above ground; used in navigation |
| altiplanos12 | |
| altocumuli14 | a cumulus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles |
| altogether14 | informal terms for nakedness |
| altostrati10 | a stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles |
| altruistic12 | showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others |
| aluminates12 | a compound of alumina and a metallic oxide |
| aluminiums14 | a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite |
| aluminized22 | cover with aluminum |
| aluminizes21 | cover with aluminum |
| alumstones12 | |
| alveolarly16 | |
| amalgamate15 | to bring or combine together or with something else |
| amantadine13 | |
| amanuenses12 | someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation) |
| amanuensis12 | someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation) |
| amassments14 | |
| amateurish15 | lacking professional skill or expertise |
| amateurism14 | the conviction that people should participate in sports as a hobby (for the fun of it) rather than for money |
| amazements23 | the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising |
| amazonians21 | |
| amazonites21 | |
| ambassador15 | a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another |
| amberjacks27 | any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes |
| ambisexual21 | |
| ambitioned15 | have as one's ambition |
| ambivalent17 | uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow |
| amblyopias19 | visual impairment without apparent organic pathology |
| ambrotypes19 | |
| ambulacral16 | pertaining to the ambulacra of radial echinoderms |
| ambulacrum18 | one of the five areas on the undersurface of an echinoderm on which the tube feet are located |
| ambulances16 | a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals |
| ambulating15 | walk about; not be bedridden or incapable of walking |
| ambulation14 | walking about |
| ambulators14 | |
| ambulatory17 | a covered walkway (as in a cloister) |
| ambulettes14 | |
| ambuscaded18 | wait in hiding to attack |
| ambuscader17 | |
| ambuscades17 | the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise |
| ambushment19 | |
| amebocytes19 | |
| ameliorate12 | to make better |
| ameloblast14 | a cell from which tooth enamel develops |
| amendatory16 | effecting amendment |
| amendments15 | the act of amending or correcting |
| amenorrhea15 | absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow |
| amercement16 | money extracted as a penalty |
| amerciable16 | of a crime or misdemeanor; punishable by a fine set by a judge |
| americiums16 | a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms |
| ametropias14 | (ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia |
| amiability17 | a cheerful and agreeable mood |
| amiantuses12 | |
| ammoniacal16 | pertaining to or containing or similar to ammonia |
| ammoniated15 | treat with ammonia |
| ammoniates14 | treat with ammonia |
| ammonified18 | treat with ammonia; cause to undergo ammonification |
| ammonifies17 | treat with ammonia; cause to undergo ammonification |
| ammunition14 | projectiles to be fired from a gun |
| amnestying16 | grant a pardon to (a group of people) |
| amoebiases14 | infection by a disease-causing ameba |
| amoebiasis14 | infection by a disease-causing ameba |
| amoebocyte19 | |
| amoralisms14 | the doctrine that moral distinctions are invalid |
| amorphisms19 | |
| amortising13 | liquidate gradually |
| amortizing22 | liquidate gradually |
| ampersands15 | a punctuation mark (&) used to represent conjunction (and) |
| amphibians19 | a flat-bottomed motor vehicle that can travel on land or water |
| amphibious19 | relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia |
| amphiboles19 | a mineral or mineral variety belonging to the amphibole group |
| amphibrach24 | a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember') |
| amphimacer21 | |
| amphimixes26 | reproduction involving the union or fusion of a male and a female gamete |
| amphimixis26 | reproduction involving the union or fusion of a male and a female gamete |
| amphiphile22 | |
| amphiploid20 | |
| amphoteric19 | having characteristics of both an acid and a base and capable of reacting as either |
| ampicillin16 | semisynthetic penicillin (trade names Principen and Polycillin and SK-Ampicillin) |
| amplexuses21 | |
| amplidynes18 | |
| amplifiers17 | electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it |
| amplifying21 | increase in size, volume or significance |
| amplitudes15 | (physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave |
| amputating15 | remove surgically |
| amputation14 | a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs |
| amputators14 | a surgeon who removes part or all of a limb |
| amsinckias18 | rough annual herbs of Europe and the Americas: fiddlenecks |
| amusements14 | a feeling of delight at being entertained |
| amygdalins17 | a bitter cyanogenic glucoside extracted from the seeds of apricots and plums and bitter almonds |
| amygdaloid18 | volcanic rock in which rounded cavities formed by expanding gas have subsequently become filled with mineral deposits |
| amylolytic20 | of or related to the process of amylolysis |
| amyloplast17 | |
| amylopsins17 | |
| amyotonias15 | lack of normal muscular tension or tonus |
| anabaptism16 | a Protestant movement in the 16th century that believed in the primacy of the Bible, baptised only believers, not infants, and believed in complete separation of church and state |
| anablepses14 | |
| anabolisms14 | the synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances (e.g., living tissue) from simpler ones together with the storage of energy |
| anachronic17 | chronologically misplaced |
| anacolutha15 | an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another |
| anadromous13 | migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn |
| anaerobium14 | |
| anageneses11 | |
| anagenesis11 | |
| anaglyphic21 | related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy |
| anagogical14 | based on or exemplifying anagoge |
| anagrammed16 | |
| analemmata14 | |
| analeptics14 | a medication used as a stimulant to the central nervous system |
| analgesias11 | absence of the sense of pain without loss of consciousness |
| analgesics13 | a medicine used to relieve pain |
| analgetics13 | |
| analogical13 | expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy |
| analogisms13 | |
| analogists11 | someone who looks for analogies or who reasons by analogy |
| analogized21 | make an analogy |
| analogizes20 | make an analogy |
| analphabet17 | an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet |
| analysands14 | a person undergoing psychoanalysis |
| analytical15 | using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles) |
| analyzable24 | capable of being partitioned |
| anamnestic14 | of or relating to anamnesis; aiding the memory |
| anamorphic19 | pertaining to gradual evolution from one type of organism to another |
| anapestics14 | |
| anaplasias12 | loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication, as in a malignant tumor |
| anaplastic14 | of or relating to anaplasia |
| anarchical17 | without law or control |
| anarchisms17 | a political theory favoring the abolition of governments |
| anarchists15 | an advocate of anarchism |
| anarthrias13 | partial or total loss of articulate speech resulting from lesions of the central nervous system |
| anasarcous12 | characterized by or affected by dropsy |
| anastigmat13 | compound lens or lens system designed to be free of astigmatism and able to form approximately point images |
| anastomose12 | come together or open into each other |
| anastrophe15 | the reversal of the normal order of words |
| anathemata15 | |
| anatomical14 | an expression that relates to anatomy |
| anatomised13 | dissect in order to analyze |
| anatomises12 | dissect in order to analyze |
| anatomists12 | an expert in anatomy |
| anatomized22 | dissect in order to analyze |
| anatomizes21 | dissect in order to analyze |
| anatropous12 | (of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk |
| ancestored13 | |
| ancestress12 | a woman ancestor |
| ancestries12 | the descendants of one individual |
| anchorages16 | the condition of being secured to a base |
| anchorites15 | one retired from society for religious reasons |
| anchoritic17 | characterized by ascetic solitude |
| anchorless15 | |
| anchovetas18 | |
| anchovetta18 | |
| anchylosed19 | |
| anchyloses18 | |
| ancientest12 | belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire |
| andalusite11 | |
| andantinos11 | |
| andouilles11 | |
| andradites12 | a garnet consisting of calcium iron silicate and having any color ranging from yellow and green to brown and black; used as gemstone |
| androecium15 | a male gametoecium |
| androgenic14 | of or related to the male hormone androgen |
| androgynes15 | one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made |
| andromedas14 | broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers |
| anecdotage14 | |
| anecdotist13 | a person skilled in telling anecdotes |
| anemically17 | |
| anemograph18 | |
| anemometer14 | a gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind |
| anemometry17 | measuring wind speed and direction |
| anesthesia13 | loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness |
| anesthetic15 | a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations |
| aneuploids13 | |
| aneuploidy16 | an abnormality involving a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number (one chromosome set is incomplete) |
| aneurysmal15 | relating to or affected by an aneurysm |
| angelology15 | the branch of theology that is concerned with angels |
| angiogenic14 | |
| angiograms14 | an X-ray representation of blood vessels made after the injection of a radiopaque substance |
| angiosperm15 | plants having seeds in a closed ovary |
| anglerfish17 | fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey |
| anglesites11 | |
| angleworms16 | terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers |
| anglicised14 | make English in appearance |
| anglicises13 | make English in appearance |
| anglicisms15 | an expression that is used in Great Britain (especially as contrasted with American English) |
| anglicized23 | make English in appearance |
| anglicizes22 | make English in appearance |
| anglophone16 | |
| angosturas11 | the bitter bark of a South American tree; used in medicines and liqueurs and bitters |
| anguishing15 | suffer great pains or distress |
| angularity14 | a shape having one or more sharp angles |
| angulating12 | make or become angular |
| angulation11 | the precise measurement of angles |
| anhedonias14 | an inability to experience pleasure |
| anhydrides18 | a compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water |
| anhydrites17 | |
| anilinctus12 | |
| animadvert16 | express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation |
| animalcula14 | microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium |
| animalcule14 | microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium |
| animaliers12 | |
| animalisms14 | the doctrine that human beings are purely animal in nature and lacking a spiritual nature |
| animalists12 | |
| animalized22 | represent in the form of an animal |
| animalizes21 | represent in the form of an animal |
| animallike16 | |
| animatedly16 | in an animated manner |
| animations12 | the condition of living or the state of being alive |
| animatisms14 | the attribution of consciousness and personality to natural phenomena such as thunderstorms and earthquakes and to objects such as plants and stones |
| animatists12 | |
| anisotropy15 | the property of being anisotropic; having a different value when measured in different directions |
| anklebones16 | the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint |
| ankylosaur17 | having the back covered with thick bony plates; thought to have walked with a sprawling gait resembling a lizard's |
| ankylosing18 | produce ankylosis by surgery |
| annalistic12 | relating to annals |
| annelidans11 | |
| annexation17 | incorporation by joining or uniting |
| annihilate13 | kill in large numbers |
| annotating11 | the act of adding notes |
| annotation10 | a comment or instruction (usually added) |
| annotative13 | |
| annotators10 | a commentator who writes notes to a text |
| announcers12 | someone who proclaims a message publicly |
| announcing13 | make known; make an announcement |
| annoyances15 | the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed |
| annoyingly17 | in an annoying manner or to an annoying degree |
| annualized20 | |
| annualizes19 | |
| annuitants10 | the recipient of an annuity |
| annulation10 | |
| annulments12 | the state of being cancelled or annulled |
| annunciate12 | foreshadow or presage |
| anodically16 | |
| anointment12 | the act of applying oil or an oily liquid |
| anopheline15 | any mosquito of the genus Anopheles |
| anorectics14 | a person suffering from anorexia nervosa |
| anorthites13 | rare plagioclastic feldspar occurring in many igneous rocks |
| anorthitic15 | characteristic of anorthite |
| anovulants13 | a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception |
| answerable15 | capable of being answered |
| antagonism13 | a state of deep-seated ill-will |
| antagonist11 | someone who offers opposition |
| antagonize20 | provoke the hostility of |
| antalkalis14 | |
| antebellum14 | belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War |
| antecedent13 | someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) |
| anteceding14 | be earlier in time; go back further |
| antecessor12 | |
| antechapel17 | |
| antechoirs15 | |
| antedating12 | be earlier in time; go back further |
| antemortem14 | preceding death |
| antennular10 | |
| antennules10 | |
| antependia13 | |
| antepenult12 | the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end |
| anteriorly13 | in an anterior direction |
| anteverted14 | |
| anthelices15 | |
| anthelions13 | |
| anthelixes20 | |
| antheridia14 | the male sex organ of spore-producing plants; produces antherozoids; equivalent to the anther in flowers |
| anthocyans18 | |
| anthozoans22 | sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed |
| anthracene15 | |
| anthracite15 | a hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat |
| anthropoid16 | person who resembles a nonhuman primate |
| anthuriums15 | any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowers |
| antianemia12 | |
| antiasthma15 | |
| antiauxins17 | |
| antibioses12 | |
| antibiosis12 | an association between organisms that is harmful to one of them or between organisms and a metabolic product of another |
| antibiotic14 | a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections |
| antibodies13 | any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response |
| antibusers12 | |
| antibusing13 | |
| anticaking17 | |
| anticancer14 | used in the treatment of cancer |
| anticaries12 | |
| antichlors15 | |
| antichoice17 | |
| antichurch20 | |
| anticipant14 | one who anticipates |
| anticipate14 | regard something as probable or likely |
| anticlimax21 | a disappointing decline after a previous rise |
| anticlinal12 | sloping downward away from a common crest |
| anticlines12 | |
| anticodons13 | |
| antidoting12 | |
| antidromic15 | conducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to normal |
| antielites10 | |
| antiemetic14 | a drug that prevents or alleviates nausea and vomiting |
| antierotic12 | |
| antifamily18 | |
| antifemale15 | |
| antifreeze22 | a liquid added to the water in a cooling system to lower its freezing point |
| antifungal14 | any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi |
| antigrowth17 | |
| antiheroes13 | a protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine) |
| antiheroic15 | |
| antiherpes15 | |
| antihijack26 | |
| antihunter13 | |
| antiknocks20 | any of various compounds that are added to gasoline to reduce engine knocking |
| antilifers13 | |
| antilitter10 | |
| antilogies11 | |
| antimarket16 | |
| antimatter12 | matter consisting of elementary particles that are the antiparticles of those making up normal substances |
| antimerger13 | |
| antimodern13 | |
| antimonial12 | containing antimony |
| antimonide13 | |
| antimonies12 | a metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite |
| antimonyls15 | |
| antimusics14 | |
| antimycins17 | a crystalline antibiotic active against various fungi |
| antinature10 | |
| antinausea10 | |
| antinomian12 | a follower of the doctrine of antinomianism |
| antinomies12 | a contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable |
| antinovels13 | |
| antinukers14 | |
| antipastos12 | a course of appetizers in an Italian meal |
| antiphonal15 | bound collection of antiphons |
| antipiracy17 | |
| antiplague13 | |
| antiplaque21 | |
| antipodals13 | the relation of opposition along a diameter |
| antipodean13 | relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth |
| antipoetic14 | |
| antipolice14 | |
| antiproton12 | an unstable negatively charged proton; the antiparticle of a proton |
| antipyrine15 | |
| antiquarks23 | the antiparticle of a quark |
| antiquated20 | make obsolete or old-fashioned |
| antiquates19 | make obsolete or old-fashioned |
| antirabies12 | |
| antiracism14 | |
| antiracist12 | |
| antiradars11 | |
| antireform15 | |
| antisepses12 | |
| antisepsis12 | (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms |
| antiseptic14 | a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues |
| antiserums12 | blood serum containing antibodies against specific antigens; provides immunity to a disease |
| antisexist17 | |
| antisexual17 | |
| antishocks19 | |
| antismoker16 | |
| antisocial12 | shunning contact with others |
| antistatic12 | |
| antistress10 | |
| antistrike14 | |
| antistyles13 | |
| antitheses13 | exact opposite |
| antithesis13 | exact opposite |
| antithetic15 | sharply contrasted in character or purpose |
| antitoxins17 | an antibody that can neutralize a specific toxin |
| antitrades11 | wind in the upper atmosphere blowing above but in the opposite direction from the trade winds |
| antitragus11 | |
| antitumors12 | |
| antivenins13 | an antitoxin that counteracts the effects of venom from the bite of a snake or insect or other animal |
| antivenoms15 | |
| antonymies15 | the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express opposite meanings |
| antonymous15 | of words: having opposite meanings |
| anxiolytic22 | a tranquilizer used to relieve anxiety and reduce tension and irritability |
| apartheids16 | a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa |
| apartments14 | a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house |
| apatosaurs12 | huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic |
| aphaereses15 | |
| aphaeresis15 | (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until' |
| aphaeretic17 | relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis |
| aphorising16 | speak or write in aphorisms |
| aphoristic17 | containing aphorisms or maxims |
| aphorizers24 | |
| aphorizing25 | speak or write in aphorisms |
| aphrodites16 | goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus |
| apiculture14 | the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey |
| apiologies13 | |
| apoapsides15 | |
| apocalypse19 | a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil |
| apocarpies16 | |
| apocopated17 | |
| apocopates16 | |
| apocryphal22 | being of questionable authenticity |
| apodeictic17 | of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain |
| apoenzymes26 | a protein that combines with a coenzyme to form an active enzyme |
| apolitical14 | politically neutral |
| apologetic15 | offering or expressing apology |
| apologised14 | defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning |
| apologises13 | defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning |
| apologists13 | a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution |
| apologized23 | acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing |
| apologizer22 | |
| apologizes22 | acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing |
| apophonies17 | |
| apophthegm23 | a short pithy instructive saying |
| apophyseal20 | of or relating to an apophysis |
| apoplectic18 | pertaining to or characteristic of apoplexy |
| apoplexies21 | a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain |
| aposematic16 | |
| apospories14 | |
| aposporous14 | |
| apostacies14 | |
| apostasies12 | the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) |
| apostatise12 | abandon one's beliefs or allegiances |
| apostatize21 | abandon one's beliefs or allegiances |
| apostilles12 | |
| apostolate12 | |
| apostrophe17 | address to an absent or imaginary person |
| apothecary20 | a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs |
| apothecial17 | of or relating to the apothecium of some lichens and fungi |
| apothecium19 | a cuplike ascocarp in many lichens and ascomycetous fungi |
| apotheoses15 | model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal |
| apotheosis15 | model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal |
| apotropaic16 | having the power to prevent evil or bad luck |
| appaloosas14 | a hardy breed of saddle horse developed in western North America and characteristically having a spotted rump |
| appareling15 | provide with clothes or put clothes on |
| apparelled15 | |
| apparently17 | from appearances alone; ; ; -Thomas Hardy |
| apparition14 | a ghostly appearing figure |
| apparitors14 | |
| appealable16 | capable of being appealed especially to a higher tribunal; - New Republic |
| appearance16 | outward or visible aspect of a person or thing |
| appeasable16 | capable of being pacified |
| appellants14 | the party who appeals a decision of a lower court |
| appendages16 | an external body part that projects from the body |
| appendants15 | |
| appendents15 | |
| appendices17 | supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book |
| appendixes22 | supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book |
| apperceive19 | perceive in terms of a past experience |
| appertains14 | be a part or attribute of |
| appetences16 | a feeling of craving something; ; - Granville Hicks |
| appetisers14 | food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course) |
| appetising15 | appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma |
| appetitive17 | of or relating to appetite |
| appetizers23 | food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course) |
| appetizing24 | appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma |
| applauders15 | someone who applauds |
| applauding16 | clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval |
| applecarts16 | the planning that is disrupted when someone `upsets the applecart' |
| applejacks27 | distilled from hard cider |
| applesauce16 | puree of stewed apples usually sweetened and spiced |
| appliances16 | a device or control that is very useful for a particular job |
| applicable18 | capable of being applied; having relevance |
| applicants16 | a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission |
| applicator16 | a device for applying a substance |
| appointees14 | an official who is appointed |
| appointers14 | |
| appointing15 | create and charge with a task or function |
| appointive17 | relating to the act of appointing |
| appointors14 | |
| apportions14 | distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose |
| appositely17 | |
| apposition14 | a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows |
| appositive17 | relating to or being in apposition |
| appraisals14 | the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth |
| appraisees14 | evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of |
| appraisers14 | one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things |
| appraising15 | evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of |
| appraisive17 | |
| appreciate16 | recognize with gratitude; be grateful for |
| apprehends18 | get the meaning of something |
| apprentice16 | works for an expert to learn a trade |
| approached20 | move towards |
| approaches19 | ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation |
| approbated17 | approve or sanction officially |
| approbates16 | approve or sanction officially |
| approvable19 | |
| approvably22 | |
| aquafarmed25 | |
| aquamarine21 | a transparent variety of beryl that is blue green in color |
| aquaplaned22 | rise up onto a thin film of water between the tires and road so that there is no more contact with the road |
| aquaplaner21 | |
| aquaplanes21 | a board that is pulled by a speedboat as a person stands on it and skims over the top of the water |
| aquarelles19 | |
| aquatinted20 | etch in aquatint |
| aquatinter19 | |
| aquiferous22 | of or relating to an aquifer |
| aquilegias20 | a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains |
| aquilinity22 | |
| arabesques21 | position in which the dancer has one leg raised behind and arms outstretched in a conventional pose |
| arabicized24 | |
| arabicizes23 | |
| arabinoses12 | |
| arachnoids16 | the middle of the 3 meninges |
| aragonites11 | a mineral form of crystalline calcium carbonate; dimorphic with calcite |
| aragonitic13 | |
| araucarian12 | |
| araucarias12 | any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds |
| arbitrable14 | appropriate for or subject to settlement by arbitration |
| arbitraged14 | practice arbitrage, as in the stock market |
| arbitrager13 | someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential) |
| arbitrages13 | a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price |
| arbitrated13 | act between parties with a view to reconciling differences |
| arbitrates12 | act between parties with a view to reconciling differences |
| arbitrator12 | someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue |
| arboreally15 | |
| arboretums14 | a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition |
| arborizing22 | branch out like trees |
| arborvitae15 | any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis |
| arccosines14 | the inverse function of the cosine; the angle that has a cosine equal to a given number |
| archaising16 | give an archaic appearance of character to |
| archaistic17 | imitative of an archaic style or manner |
| archaizers24 | |
| archaizing25 | give an archaic appearance of character to |
| archangels16 | an angel ranked above the highest rank in the celestial hierarchy |
| archbishop22 | a bishop of highest rank |
| archdeacon18 | (Anglican Church) an ecclesiastical dignitary usually ranking just below a bishop |
| archegonia16 | a female sex organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most gymnosperms |
| archeology19 | the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures |
| archerfish21 | any of several small freshwater fishes that catch insects by squirting water at them and knocking them into the water; found in Indonesia and Australia |
| archetypal20 | representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned |
| archetypes20 | something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies |
| archfiends19 | |
| archicarps19 | |
| architects17 | someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings) |
| architrave18 | the molding around a door or window |
| archivists18 | a person in charge of collecting and cataloguing archives |
| archivolts18 | |
| archnesses15 | inappropriate playfulness |
| archosaurs15 | extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs; plesiosaurs; pterosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts |
| archpriest17 | a senior clergyman and dignitary |
| archrivals18 | |
| arctangent13 | the inverse function of the tangent; the angle that has a tangent equal to a given number |
| arctically17 | |
| arcuations12 | |
| arecolines12 | |
| arenaceous12 | resembling or containing or abounding in sand; or growing in sandy areas |
| areologies11 | |
| argentines11 | any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes |
| argentites11 | a valuable silver ore consisting of silver sulfide (Ag2S) |
| argillites11 | a sedimentary rock differing from shale in being bound by silica and from slate in having no slate cleavages |
| argumentum15 | |
| arhatships18 | |
| aridnesses11 | a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall) |
| aristocrat12 | a member of the aristocracy |
| arithmetic17 | the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations |
| armadillos13 | burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates |
| armaturing13 | |
| armigerous13 | |
| armistices14 | a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms |
| armorially15 | |
| aromatases12 | |
| aromatized22 | fill or impregnate with an odor |
| aromatizes21 | fill or impregnate with an odor |
| arpeggiate14 | |
| arquebuses21 | an obsolete firearm with a long barrel |
| arraigners11 | |
| arraigning12 | call before a court to answer an indictment |
| arrearages11 | |
| arrestants10 | |
| arrestment12 | |
| arrhythmia21 | an abnormal rate of muscle contractions in the heart |
| arrhythmic23 | lacking a steady rhythm |
| arrivistes13 | a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class |
| arrogances13 | overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors |
| arrogantly14 | in an arrogant manner |
| arrogating12 | demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to |
| arrogation11 | seizure by the government |
| arrogators11 | a person who through conceit makes pretentious claims to rights or advantages that he or she is not entitled to or to qualities that he or she does not possess |
| arrowheads17 | the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow |
| arrowroots13 | a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant |
| arrowwoods17 | |
| arrowworms18 | any worm of the Chaetognatha; transparent marine worm with horizontal lateral and caudal fins and a row of movable curved spines at each side of the mouth |
| arsenicals12 | a pesticide or drug containing arsenic |
| artemisias12 | any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or greyish foliage |
| arterially13 | |
| arteriolar10 | of or relating to or involving arterioles |
| arterioles10 | one of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries |
| artfulness13 | the quality of being adroit in taking unfair advantage |
| arthralgia14 | pain in a joint or joints |
| arthralgic16 | of or relating to arthralgia |
| arthritics15 | a person afflicted with arthritis |
| arthropods16 | invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin |
| artichokes19 | Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head |
| articulacy17 | |
| articulate12 | provide with a joint |
| artificers15 | someone who is the first to think of or make something |
| artificial15 | contrived by art rather than nature |
| artinesses10 | |
| artistries10 | a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation |
| arytenoids14 | either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached |
| asafetidas14 | the brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic |
| asafoetida14 | the brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic |
| asbestoses12 | a fibrous amphibole; used for making fireproof articles; inhaling fibers can cause asbestosis or lung cancer |
| asbestosis12 | lung disease caused by inhaling asbestos particles |
| asbestuses12 | |
| ascariases12 | |
| ascariasis12 | infestation of the human intestine with Ascaris roundworms |
| ascendable15 | capable of being ascended |
| ascendance15 | the state that exists when one person or group has power over another |
| ascendancy18 | the state that exists when one person or group has power over another |
| ascendants13 | position or state of being dominant or in control |
| ascendence15 | the state that exists when one person or group has power over another |
| ascendency18 | the state that exists when one person or group has power over another |
| ascendents13 | position or state of being dominant or in control |
| ascendible15 | capable of being ascended |
| ascensions12 | (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter |
| ascertains12 | establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study |
| asceticism16 | the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state |
| asclepiads15 | any plant of the family Asclepiadaceae |
| ascocarpic18 | |
| ascogonium15 | |
| ascomycete19 | any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus |
| ascorbates14 | |
| ascospores14 | sexually produced fungal spore formed within an ascus |
| ascosporic16 | of or relating to ascospores |
| ascribable16 | capable of being assigned or credited to |
| ascription14 | assigning some quality or character to a person or thing |
| ascriptive17 | |
| asexuality20 | having no evident sex or sex organs |
| ashinesses13 | |
| asparagine13 | a crystalline amino acid found in proteins and in many plants (e.g., asparagus) |
| aspartames14 | an artificial sweetener made from aspartic acid; used as a calorie-free sweetener |
| aspartates12 | |
| asperating13 | |
| aspergilla13 | |
| aspergilli13 | genus of common molds causing food spoilage and some pathogenic to plants and animals |
| aspergills13 | a short-handled device with a globe containing a sponge; used for sprinkling holy water |
| asperities12 | something hard to endure |
| aspersions12 | a disparaging remark |
| asphalting16 | cover with tar or asphalt |
| asphaltite15 | |
| asphaltums17 | |
| aspherical17 | varying slightly from a perfectly spherical shape |
| asphyxiate25 | deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing |
| aspidistra13 | evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant |
| aspirating13 | remove as if by suction |
| aspiration12 | a will to succeed |
| aspirators12 | a pump that draws air or another gas through a liquid |
| assagaiing12 | |
| assailable12 | not defended or capable of being defended |
| assailants10 | someone who attacks |
| assaulters10 | someone who attacks |
| assaulting11 | attack someone physically or emotionally |
| assaultive13 | disposed to attack |
| assegaiing12 | |
| assemblage15 | a group of persons together in one place |
| assemblers14 | a program to convert assembly language into machine language |
| assemblies14 | a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit |
| assembling15 | the act of gathering something together |
| assertedly14 | |
| assertions10 | a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) |
| assessable12 | capable of being assessed especially for the purpose of taxation |
| assessment12 | the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth |
| asseverate13 | state categorically |
| assignable13 | legally transferable to the ownership of another |
| assignment13 | a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces) |
| assimilate12 | take up mentally |
| assistance12 | the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose |
| assistants10 | a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose |
| associated13 | make a logical or causal connection |
| associates12 | a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor |
| assoilment12 | |
| assonances12 | the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words |
| assonantal10 | |
| assortment12 | a collection containing a variety of sorts of things |
| assumpsits14 | |
| assumption14 | a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn |
| assumptive17 | excessively forward |
| assurances12 | freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities |
| astarboard13 | |
| asteriated11 | (of some crystals especially gemstones) exhibiting asterism |
| asterisked15 | mark with an asterisk |
| asteroidal11 | of or relating to or resembling an asteroid |
| asthmatics17 | a person suffering from asthma |
| astigmatic15 | of or relating to a defect in the eye or in a lens caused by a deviation from spherical curvature which prevents light rays from meeting at a common focus and so results in distorted images |
| astonished14 | affect with wonder |
| astonishes13 | affect with wonder |
| astounding12 | affect with wonder |
| astrachans15 | |
| astragalus11 | large genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of north temperate regions; largest genus in the family Leguminosae |
| astrakhans17 | the fur of young lambs |
| astricting13 | |
| astringent11 | a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals |
| astringing12 | constrict or bind or draw together |
| astrocytes15 | comparatively large neuroglial cell |
| astrocytic17 | of or relating to or containing large star-shaped cells in the neuroglia |
| astrodomes13 | a transparent dome on top of an airplane where the navigator can make celestial observations |
| astrolabes12 | an early form of sextant |
| astrologer11 | someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon |
| astrometry15 | the branch of astronomy that deals with the measurement of the position and motion of celestial bodies |
| astronauts10 | a person trained to travel in a spacecraft |
| astronomer12 | a physicist who studies astronomy |
| astronomic14 | relating or belonging to the science of astronomy |
| astuteness10 | intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) |
| asymmetric19 | characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components |
| asymptotes17 | a straight line that is the limiting value of a curve; can be considered as tangent at infinity |
| asymptotic19 | relating to or of the nature of an asymptote |
| asynchrony21 | the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times |
| asyndetons14 | the omission of conjunctions where they would normally be used |
| ataractics14 | a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity |
| athanasies13 | |
| athenaeums15 | a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning |
| atheromata15 | a fatty deposit in the intima (inner lining) of an artery; can obstruct blood flow |
| athrocytes18 | |
| atmometers14 | an instrument that measures rate of evaporation of water |
| atmosphere17 | a particular environment or surrounding influence |
| atomically17 | |
| atonalisms12 | the absence of a key; alternative to the diatonic system |
| atonalists10 | |
| atonements12 | compensation for a wrong |
| atrocities12 | the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane |
| atrophying19 | undergo atrophy |
| attachable17 | capable of being fastened or added to something else |
| attachment17 | a feeling of affection for a person or an institution |
| attainable12 | capable of being attained or accomplished |
| attainders11 | cancellation of civil rights |
| attainment12 | the act of achieving an aim |
| attainting11 | bring shame or dishonor upon |
| attempered15 | modify the temperature of |
| attempters14 | one who tries |
| attempting15 | make an effort or attempt |
| attendance13 | the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.) |
| attendants11 | someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another |
| attendings12 | the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others |
| attentions10 | the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others |
| attenuated11 | weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance) |
| attenuates10 | weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance) |
| attenuator10 | an electrical device for attenuating the strength of an electrical signal |
| attestants10 | (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature |
| atticizing22 | |
| attornment12 | |
| attractant12 | |
| attracters12 | an entertainer who attracts large audiences |
| attracting13 | direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes |
| attraction12 | the force by which one object attracts another |
| attractive15 | pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm |
| attractors12 | an entertainer who attracts large audiences |
| attributed13 | attribute or credit to |
| attributes12 | a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished |
| attritions10 | erosion by friction |
| attritting11 | |
| attunement12 | |
| atypically20 | in a manner that is not typical |
| aubergines13 | hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable |
| aubrietias12 | |
| auctioneer12 | an agent who conducts an auction |
| auctioning13 | sell at an auction |
| audacities13 | fearless daring |
| audibility16 | quality or fact or degree of being audible or perceptible by the ear |
| audiobooks17 | |
| audiogenic14 | |
| audiograms14 | a graphical representation of a person's auditory sensitivity to sound |
| audiologic14 | |
| audiometer13 | an instrument used to measure the sensitivity of hearing |
| audiometry16 | the measurement of hearing |
| audiophile16 | |
| audiotaped14 | |
| audiotapes13 | a tape recording of sound |
| audiphones16 | |
| auditioned12 | perform in order to get a role |
| auditories11 | |
| auditorily14 | |
| auditorium13 | the area of a theater or concert hall where the audience sits |
| augmenters13 | |
| augmenting14 | enlarge or increase |
| augmentors13 | |
| augustness11 | |
| auralities10 | |
| auriculars12 | |
| auriculate12 | having auricles |
| auriferous13 | containing gold |
| auscultate12 | examine by auscultation |
| ausforming16 | |
| auslanders11 | |
| auspicated15 | indicate by signs |
| auspicates14 | indicate by signs |
| auspicious14 | auguring favorable circumstances and good luck |
| austenites10 | a solid solution of ferric carbide or carbon in iron; cools to form pearlite or martensite |
| austenitic12 | composed of austenite |
| autarchies15 | economic independence as a national policy |
| autarkical16 | of or relating to or characterized by autarchy |
| autarkists14 | |
| autecology16 | |
| auteurisms12 | |
| auteurists10 | |
| authorised14 | give or delegate power or authority to |
| authorises13 | give or delegate power or authority to |
| authorized23 | grant authorization or clearance for |
| authorizer22 | an authority who authorizes (people or actions) |
| authorizes22 | grant authorization or clearance for |
| authorship18 | the act of creating written works |
| autobahnen15 | |
| autobusses12 | a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport |
| autochthon18 | the earliest known inhabitants of a region |
| autoclaved16 | subject to the action of an autoclave |
| autoclaves15 | a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments |
| autocratic14 | offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power |
| autodidact14 | a person who has taught himself |
| autoecious12 | of parasites especially rust fungi; completing the entire life cycle on a single host |
| autoecisms14 | |
| autoerotic12 | sexually satisfying yourself (as by masturbation) |
| autogamies13 | self-fertilization in plants |
| autogamous13 | characterized by or fit for autogamy |
| autogenies11 | a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter |
| autogenous11 | originating within the body |
| autografts14 | tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person |
| autographs16 | something written by one's own hand |
| autography19 | |
| autoimmune14 | of or relating to the immune response of the body against substance normally present in the body |
| autologous11 | derived from organisms of the selfsame individual |
| autolysate13 | |
| autolysing14 | |
| autolysins13 | |
| autolyzate22 | |
| autolyzing23 | |
| automakers16 | a business engaged in the manufacture of automobiles |
| automatics14 | light machine gun |
| automating13 | make automatic or control or operate automatically |
| automation12 | the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware |
| automatism14 | any reaction that occurs automatically without conscious thought or reflection (especially the undirected behavior seen in psychomotor epilepsy) |
| automatist12 | |
| automatize21 | turn into an automaton |
| automatons12 | someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way |
| automobile14 | a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine |
| automotive15 | of or relating to motor vehicles |
| autonomies12 | immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence |
| autonomist12 | |
| autonomous12 | (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces |
| autophytes18 | plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances |
| autopilots12 | a cognitive state in which you act without self-awareness |
| autopsists12 | |
| autopsying16 | perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem |
| autorotate10 | |
| autoroutes10 | |
| autosexing18 | (especially of domestic fowl) breeding to reveal differential sex characteristics at hatching |
| autostrada11 | an expressway in an Italian-speaking country |
| autostrade11 | |
| autotomies12 | spontaneous removal or casting off of a body part (as the tail of a lizard or claw of a lobster) especially when the organism is injured or under attack |
| autotomize21 | cause a body part to undergo autotomy |
| autotomous12 | |
| autotoxins17 | |
| autotrophs15 | plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances |
| autotrophy18 | |
| autotypies15 | process for producing permanent prints in a carbon pigment |
| autoworker17 | |
| autumnally15 | |
| auxotrophs22 | |
| auxotrophy25 | |
| avalanched19 | gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow |
| avalanches18 | a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain |
| avaricious15 | immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth |
| aventurine13 | a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals |
| aventurins13 | |
| averseness13 | |
| aversively19 | |
| avgolemono16 | |
| avianizing23 | to modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo |
| aviatrices15 | |
| aviatrixes20 | a woman aviator |
| aviculture15 | |
| avidnesses14 | a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something |
| avocations15 | an auxiliary activity |
| avoidances16 | deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening |
| avouchment20 | a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something |
| awakenings18 | the act of waking |
| awaynesses16 | the state of being elsewhere than in particular place |
| awkwardest21 | causing inconvenience |
| axenically22 | |
| axialities17 | |
| axillaries17 | |
| axiologies18 | the study of values and value judgments |
| axiomatize28 | |
| axoplasmic23 | |
| ayahuascas18 | |
| ayatollahs16 | a high-ranking Shiite religious leader who is regarded as an authority on religious law and its interpretation and who has political power as well |
| ayurvedics19 | |
| azedarachs25 | tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree |
| azeotropes21 | |
| Word | Definition |
| aardvarks17 | nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata |
| aasvogels13 | |
| abamperes15 | a unit of current equal to 10 amperes |
| abandoned13 | forsake, leave behind |
| abandoner12 | |
| abasement13 | a low or downcast state; - H.L.Menchken |
| abashedly18 | |
| abashment16 | feeling embarrassed due to modesty |
| abatement13 | an interruption in the intensity or amount of something |
| abattises11 | a line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) pointed toward the enemy |
| abattoirs11 | a building where animals are butchered |
| abbotcies15 | |
| abbotship18 | |
| abcoulomb17 | a unit of electrical charge equal to 10 coulombs |
| abdicable16 | capable of being discarded or renounced or relinquished |
| abdicated15 | give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations |
| abdicates14 | give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations |
| abdicator14 | one who formally relinquishes an office or responsibility |
| abdominal14 | the muscles of the abdomen |
| abductees14 | |
| abducting15 | take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom |
| abduction14 | the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife |
| abductors14 | someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom) |
| abelmosks17 | bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus |
| aberrance13 | a state or condition markedly different from the norm |
| aberrancy16 | a state or condition markedly different from the norm |
| aberrants11 | one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group |
| aberrated12 | diverge from the expected |
| abetments13 | the verbal act of urging on |
| abeyances16 | temporary cessation or suspension |
| abhenries14 | a unit of inductance equal to one billionth of a henry |
| abhorrent14 | offensive to the mind |
| abhorrers14 | a signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of parliament were condemned and abhorred |
| abhorring15 | find repugnant |
| abidances14 | acting according to certain accepted standards |
| abidingly16 | |
| abilities11 | the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment |
| abiogenic14 | |
| abjection20 | a low or downcast state; - H.L.Menchken |
| ablations11 | surgical removal of a body part or tissue |
| ablatives14 | the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb |
| ablegates12 | |
| ablutions11 | the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels |
| abnegated13 | deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure |
| abnegates12 | deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure |
| abnegator12 | one who gives up or relinquishes or renounces something |
| abnormals13 | |
| abnormity16 | |
| aboideaus12 | |
| aboideaux19 | |
| aboiteaus11 | |
| aboiteaux18 | |
| abolished15 | do away with |
| abolisher14 | |
| abolishes14 | do away with |
| abolition11 | the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery) |
| abominate13 | find repugnant |
| aborigine12 | an indigenous person who was born in a particular place |
| abortions11 | termination of pregnancy |
| abortuses11 | a human fetus whose weight is less than 0.5 kilogram when removed or expelled from the mother's body |
| abounding13 | be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities |
| abrachias16 | the condition of having no arms |
| abradable14 | |
| abradants12 | a substance that abrades or wears down |
| abrasions11 | an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off |
| abrasives14 | a substance that abrades or wears down |
| abreacted14 | discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization |
| abridgers13 | one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work |
| abridging14 | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements |
| abrogable14 | |
| abrogated13 | revoke formally |
| abrogates12 | revoke formally |
| abrogator12 | an authority or official empowered to abolish or annul or repeal |
| abruptest13 | marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions |
| abruption13 | an instance of sudden interruption |
| abscessed14 | infected and filled with pus |
| abscesses13 | symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue |
| abscising14 | shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue |
| abscisins13 | |
| abscissae13 | the value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis |
| abscissas13 | the value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis |
| absconded15 | run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along |
| absconder14 | a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution |
| abseiling12 | lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside |
| absentees11 | one that is absent or not in residence |
| absenters11 | |
| absenting12 | go away or leave |
| absinthes14 | aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe |
| absoluter11 | perfect or complete or pure |
| absolutes11 | something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative |
| absolvent14 | |
| absolvers14 | someone who grants absolution |
| absolving15 | grant remission of a sin to |
| absorbant13 | |
| absorbent13 | a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance |
| absorbers13 | (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation |
| absorbing14 | become imbued |
| abstained12 | refrain from voting |
| abstainer11 | someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline |
| absterged13 | |
| absterges12 | |
| abstinent11 | a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages |
| abstracts13 | a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance |
| abstricts13 | |
| abstruser11 | difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge |
| absurdest12 | inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; - Walter Lippman |
| absurdism14 | |
| absurdist12 | |
| absurdity15 | a message whose content is at variance with reason |
| abuilding13 | |
| abundance14 | the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply |
| abusively17 | in an abusive manner |
| abutilons11 | herbs or shrubs or small trees: flowering maple; Indian mallow |
| abutments13 | point of contact between two objects or parts |
| abysmally19 | in a terrible manner |
| academias14 | the academic world |
| academics16 | an educator who works at a college or university |
| academies14 | a secondary school (usually private) |
| academism16 | orthodoxy of a scholastic variety |
| acalephae16 | |
| acalephes16 | |
| acanthine14 | |
| acanthoid15 | shaped like a spine or thorn |
| acanthous14 | shaped like a spine or thorn |
| acarboses13 | |
| acariases11 | |
| acariasis11 | infestation with itch mites |
| acaricide14 | a chemical agent used to kill mites |
| acaridans12 | |
| acarology15 | |
| accedence16 | |
| accenting14 | the act of giving special importance or significance to something |
| accentors13 | small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia |
| accentual13 | of or pertaining to accent or stress |
| acceptant15 | accepting willingly |
| acceptees15 | |
| accepters15 | |
| accepting16 | consider or hold as true |
| acceptive18 | inclined to accept rather than reject |
| acceptors15 | (chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated |
| accessary16 | someone who helps another person commit a crime |
| accessing14 | obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer |
| accession13 | a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group) |
| accessory16 | clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing |
| accidence16 | the part of grammar that deals with the inflections of words |
| accidents14 | an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury |
| accipiter15 | type genus of the family Accipitridae |
| acclaimed16 | praise vociferously |
| acclaimer15 | |
| acclimate15 | get used to a certain climate |
| acclivity19 | an upward slope or grade (as in a road) |
| acclivous16 | |
| accoladed15 | |
| accolades14 | a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction |
| accompany20 | be present or associated with an event or entity |
| accordant14 | being in agreement or harmony; often followed by `with'; -Thomas Hardy |
| accorders14 | |
| according15 | go together |
| accordion14 | a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player |
| accosting14 | speak to someone |
| accounted14 | be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something |
| accouters13 | provide with military equipment |
| accoutred14 | provide with military equipment |
| accoutres13 | provide with military equipment |
| accredits14 | grant credentials to |
| accreting14 | grow together (of plants and organs) |
| accretion13 | an increase by natural growth or addition |
| accretive16 | growing by accretion |
| accruable15 | |
| accumbent17 | lying down; in a position of comfort or rest |
| accusable15 | |
| accusably18 | |
| accusants13 | |
| accustoms15 | make psychologically or physically used (to something) |
| aceldamas14 | |
| acellular11 | not made up of or divided into cells |
| acephalic18 | |
| acerbated14 | cause to be bitter or resentful |
| acerbates13 | cause to be bitter or resentful |
| acervulus14 | small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi |
| acescents13 | |
| acetabula13 | the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint |
| acetamide14 | a colorless solid amide of acetic acid used as a solvent and in the synthesis of organic compounds |
| acetamids14 | |
| acetified15 | make sour or more sour |
| acetifier14 | |
| acetifies14 | make sour or more sour |
| acetoxyls21 | |
| acetylate14 | receive substitution of an acetyl group |
| acetylene14 | a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis |
| achalasia14 | |
| achievers17 | a person with a record of successes |
| achieving18 | to gain with effort |
| achilleas14 | any of several plants of the genus Achillea native to Europe and having small white flowers in flat-topped flower heads |
| achromats16 | |
| achromous16 | having no color |
| aciculate13 | related to plants or animals or crystals having aciculae or needlelike parts |
| aciculums15 | |
| acidemias14 | a blood disorder characterized by an increased concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which falls below 7 on the pH scale) |
| acidheads16 | |
| acidified16 | make sour or more sour |
| acidifier15 | |
| acidifies15 | make sour or more sour |
| acidities12 | the property of being acidic |
| acidophil17 | an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment |
| acidulate12 | make sour or more sour |
| acidulent12 | being sour to the taste |
| acidulous12 | being sour to the taste |
| acidurias12 | |
| acierated12 | |
| acierates11 | |
| aciniform16 | |
| aconitums13 | genus of poisonous plants of temperate regions of northern hemisphere with a vaulted and enlarged petal |
| acoustics13 | the study of the physical properties of sound |
| acquaints20 | cause to come to know personally |
| acquiesce22 | to agree or express agreement |
| acquirees20 | come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
| acquirers20 | a person who acquires something (usually permanently) |
| acquiring21 | the act of acquiring something |
| acquittal20 | a judgment of not guilty |
| acquitted21 | pronounce not guilty of criminal charges |
| acquitter20 | |
| acridines12 | |
| acridness12 | extreme bitterness |
| acritarch16 | |
| acritical13 | without a crisis (as of some diseases) |
| acrobatic15 | vigorously active |
| acrodonts12 | an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets |
| acrogenic14 | pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem |
| acrolects13 | |
| acroleins11 | a pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene |
| acroliths14 | |
| acronical13 | |
| acronycal16 | |
| acronymic18 | characterized by the use of acronyms |
| acropetal13 | of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from base to apex |
| acrophobe18 | |
| acropolis13 | the citadel in ancient Greek towns |
| acrosomal13 | |
| acrosomes13 | a process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg |
| acrospire13 | |
| acrostics13 | a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across |
| acrotisms13 | |
| acrylates14 | a salt or ester of propenoic acid |
| actinally14 | |
| actinians11 | any sea anemone or related animal |
| actinides12 | any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103 |
| actinisms13 | the property of radiation that enables it to produce photochemical effects |
| actiniums13 | a radioactive element of the actinide series; found in uranium ores |
| actinoids12 | any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103 |
| actioners11 | |
| activated15 | put in motion or move to act |
| activates14 | put in motion or move to act |
| activator14 | (biology) any agency bringing about activation; a molecule that increases the activity of an enzyme or a protein that increases the production of a gene product in DNA transcription |
| activisms16 | a policy of taking direct and militant action to achieve a political or social goal |
| activists14 | a militant reformer |
| activized24 | |
| activizes23 | |
| actresses11 | a female actor |
| actuality14 | the state of actually existing objectively |
| actualize20 | make real or concrete; give reality or substance to |
| actuarial11 | of or relating to the work of an actuary |
| actuaries11 | someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums) |
| actuating12 | put in motion or move to act |
| actuation11 | the act of propelling |
| actuators11 | a mechanism that puts something into automatic action |
| aculeated12 | having or resembling a stinger or barb |
| acuminate13 | make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point |
| acuminous13 | |
| acutances13 | |
| acuteness11 | a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed |
| acyclovir19 | an oral antiviral drug (trade name Zovirax) used to treat genital herpes; does not cure the disease but relieves the symptoms |
| acylating15 | |
| acylation14 | the process of introducing an acyl group into a compound |
| adamances14 | resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible |
| adamantly15 | inflexibly; unshakably |
| adamsites12 | |
| adaptable14 | capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use |
| adaptions12 | the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) |
| addendums14 | textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end |
| addicting14 | to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) |
| addiction13 | being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) |
| addictive16 | causing or characterized by addiction |
| additions11 | a component that is added to something to improve it |
| additives14 | something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine |
| addressed12 | speak to |
| addressee11 | one to whom something is addressed |
| addresser11 | |
| addresses11 | (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored |
| addressor11 | |
| adducible15 | |
| adducting14 | draw a limb towards the body |
| adduction13 | (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body |
| adductive16 | especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part |
| adductors13 | a muscle that draws a body part toward the median line |
| ademption14 | |
| adenoidal11 | of or pertaining to the adenoids |
| adenomata12 | a benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin |
| adenosine10 | (biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a constituent of DNA and RNA and ADP and ATP and AMP |
| adeptness12 | skillful performance or ability without difficulty |
| adherable15 | |
| adherence15 | faithful support for a cause or political party or religion |
| adherends14 | |
| adherents13 | someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another |
| adhesions13 | abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen |
| adhesives16 | a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together |
| adhibited16 | |
| adiabatic14 | occurring without loss or gain of heat |
| adipocere14 | |
| adipocyte17 | |
| adiposity15 | having the property of containing fat |
| adjacence21 | |
| adjacency24 | the attribute of being so near as to be touching |
| adjective22 | a word that expresses an attribute of something |
| adjoining18 | lie adjacent to another or share a boundary |
| adjourned18 | close at the end of a session |
| adjudging20 | declare to be |
| adjunctly22 | |
| adjusters17 | one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement |
| adjusting18 | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard |
| adjustive20 | conducive to adjustment |
| adjustors17 | one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement |
| adjutancy22 | |
| adjutants17 | an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer |
| adjuvants20 | an additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment |
| admeasure12 | determine the quantity of someone's share |
| admirable14 | deserving of the highest esteem or admiration |
| admirably17 | in an admirable manner |
| admiralty15 | the department in charge of the navy (as in Great Britain) |
| admission12 | the act of admitting someone to enter |
| admissive15 | characterized by or allowing admission |
| admittees12 | |
| admitters12 | |
| admitting13 | declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of |
| admixture19 | the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something |
| admonitor12 | |
| adnations10 | |
| adobelike16 | |
| adoptable14 | suitable or eligible for adoption |
| adoptions12 | the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception |
| adoration10 | a feeling of profound love and admiration |
| adoringly14 | with adoration |
| adornment12 | a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness |
| adrenalin10 | a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action |
| adrenally13 | |
| adroitest10 | quick or skillful or adept in action or thought |
| adscripts14 | |
| adsorbate12 | a material that has been or is capable of being adsorbed |
| adsorbent12 | a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance |
| adsorbers12 | |
| adsorbing13 | accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface |
| adularias10 | |
| adulating11 | flatter in an obsequious manner |
| adulation10 | servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise |
| adulators10 | a person who uses flattery |
| adulatory13 | obsequiously complimentary |
| adulterer10 | someone who commits adultery or fornication |
| adulthood14 | the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed |
| adultlike14 | |
| adultness10 | |
| adultress10 | |
| adumbrate14 | describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of |
| advancers15 | someone who advances |
| advancing16 | move forward, also in the metaphorical sense |
| advantage14 | the quality of having a superior or more favorable position |
| advecting16 | convey by horizontal mass movement of a fluid |
| advection15 | (meteorology) the horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties |
| advective18 | of or relating to advection |
| adventive16 | not native and not fully established; locally or temporarily naturalized |
| adventure13 | a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) |
| adverbial15 | a word or group of words function as an adverb |
| adversary16 | someone who offers opposition |
| adversely16 | in an adverse manner |
| adversity16 | a state of misfortune or affliction |
| advertent13 | giving attention |
| adverting14 | give heed (to) |
| advertise13 | call attention to |
| advertize22 | make publicity for; try to sell (a product) |
| advisable15 | worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise |
| advisably18 | |
| advisedly17 | with intention; in an intentional manner |
| advocated16 | push for something |
| advocates15 | a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea |
| advocator15 | a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea |
| advowsons16 | the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice |
| adynamias15 | lack of strength or vigor (especially from illness) |
| aepyornis14 | huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar |
| aequorins18 | |
| aerations9 | the process of exposing to air (so as to purify) |
| aerialist9 | an acrobat who performs in the air (as on a rope or trapeze) |
| aerifying16 | turn into gas |
| aerobatic13 | |
| aerobrake15 | |
| aerodrome12 | an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo |
| aeroducts12 | |
| aerodynes13 | |
| aerofoils12 | a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight |
| aerograms12 | a letter sent by air mail |
| aerolites9 | a stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals |
| aeroliths12 | |
| aerolitic11 | of or pertaining to certain stony meteorites |
| aerologic12 | |
| aerometer11 | |
| aerometry14 | |
| aeronauts9 | someone who operates an aircraft |
| aeronomer11 | |
| aeronomic13 | |
| aeropause11 | |
| aerophobe16 | |
| aerophore14 | |
| aerophyte17 | plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it |
| aeroplane11 | an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets |
| aeropulse11 | |
| aeroscope13 | |
| aerospace13 | the atmosphere and outer space considered as a whole |
| aerostats9 | |
| aesthesia12 | mental responsiveness and awareness |
| aesthetes12 | one who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature |
| aesthetic14 | (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful |