-
aileron
0
n 1: an airfoil that controls lateral motion
-
anti
0
adj 1: not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.) [ant: pro]
n 1: a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice
etc.); "the antis smelled victory after a long battle"
-
apron
0
n 1: a garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about
the waist and worn to protect your clothing
2: (golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green
3: the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and
the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain) [syn:
proscenium, apron, forestage]
4: a paved surface where aircraft stand while not being used
-
aspirin
0
n 1: the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an
analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer,
Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used
as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning
platelets [syn: aspirin, acetylsalicylic acid, Bayer,
Empirin, St. Joseph]
-
ban
0
n 1: a decree that prohibits something [syn: prohibition,
ban, proscription]
2: 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova
3: 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania
4: an official prohibition or edict against something [syn:
ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding]
5: a bachelor's degree in nursing [syn: Bachelor of Arts in
Nursing, BAN]
v 1: forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
[syn: ban, censor]
2: prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure;
"Smoking is banned in this building"
3: ban from a place of residence, as for punishment [syn:
banish, ban]
4: expel from a community or group [syn: banish, ban,
ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball]
-
boron
0
n 1: a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black
crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder [syn:
boron, B, atomic number 5]
-
bran
0
n 1: broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are
separated from the flour by sifting
2: food prepared from the husks of cereal grains
-
brethren
0
n 1: (plural) the lay members of a male religious order
-
caldron
0
n 1: a very large pot that is used for boiling [syn: caldron,
cauldron]
-
can
0
n 1: airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint
etc. [syn: can, tin, tin can]
2: the quantity contained in a can [syn: can, canful]
3: a buoy with a round bottom and conical top [syn: can, can
buoy]
4: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he
deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on
your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates,
arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can,
fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister,
posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern,
seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom,
behind, derriere, fanny, ass]
5: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn:
toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty,
stool, throne]
6: a room or building equipped with one or more toilets [syn:
toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy,
bathroom]
v 1: preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty"
[syn: can, tin, put up]
2: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or
position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company
terminated 25% of its workers" [syn: displace, fire,
give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away,
sack, force out, give the sack, terminate] [ant:
employ, engage, hire]
-
cauldron
0
n 1: a very large pot that is used for boiling [syn: caldron,
cauldron]
-
chagrin
0
n 1: strong feelings of embarrassment [syn: chagrin,
humiliation, mortification]
v 1: cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his
colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" [syn:
humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase]
-
chevron
0
n 1: V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service;
"they earned their stripes in Kuwait" [syn: chevron,
stripe, stripes, grade insignia]
2: an inverted V-shaped charge
-
chiropteran
0
n 1: nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form
membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for
echolocation by which they navigate [syn: bat,
chiropteran]
-
citron
0
n 1: large lemonlike fruit with thick aromatic rind; usually
preserved
2: thorny evergreen small tree or shrub of India widely
cultivated for its large lemonlike fruits that have thick
warty rind [syn: citron, citron tree, Citrus medica]
-
clan
0
n 1: group of people related by blood or marriage [syn: kin,
kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe]
-
cyclotron
0
n 1: an accelerator that imparts energies of several million
electron-volts to rapidly moving particles
-
decahedron
0
n 1: any polyhedron having ten plane faces
-
deuteron
0
n 1: the nucleus of deuterium; consists of one proton and one
neutron; used as a bombarding particle in accelerators
-
doctrine
0
n 1: a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative
by some group or school [syn: doctrine, philosophy,
philosophical system, school of thought, ism]
-
dodecahedron
0
n 1: any polyhedron having twelve plane faces
-
electron
0
n 1: an elementary particle with negative charge [syn:
electron, negatron]
-
ephemeron
0
n 1: anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a
day in its winged form [syn: ephemeron, ephemeral]
-
fan
0
n 1: a device for creating a current of air by movement of a
surface or surfaces
2: an enthusiastic devotee of sports [syn: sports fan, fan,
rooter]
3: an ardent follower and admirer [syn: fan, buff,
devotee, lover]
v 1: strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher)
2: make (an emotion) fiercer; "fan hatred"
3: agitate the air
4: separate the chaff from by using air currents; "She stood
there winnowing chaff all day in the field" [syn: winnow,
fan]
-
flan
0
n 1: open pastry filled with fruit or custard
-
hexahedron
0
n 1: any polyhedron having six plane faces
-
interferon
0
n 1: an antiviral protein produced by cells that have been
invaded by a virus; inhibits replication of the virus
-
macron
0
n 1: a diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a
long sound
-
magnetron
0
n 1: a diode vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons from a
central cathode to a cylindrical anode is controlled by
crossed magnetic and electric fields; used mainly in
microwave oscillators
-
man
0
n 1: an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there
were two women and six men on the bus" [syn: man, adult
male] [ant: adult female, woman]
2: someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a
military force; "two men stood sentry duty" [syn:
serviceman, military man, man, military personnel]
[ant: civilian]
3: the generic use of the word to refer to any human being; "it
was every man for himself"
4: any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae
characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech,
and erect carriage [syn: homo, man, human being,
human]
5: a male subordinate; "the chief stationed two men outside the
building"; "he awaited word from his man in Havana"
6: an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and
courageous competent); "the army will make a man of you"
7: a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his
employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man" [syn: valet,
valet de chambre, gentleman, gentleman's gentleman,
man]
8: a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover
or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman; "she takes
good care of her man" [ant: woman]
9: one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea [syn: Man, Isle
of Man]
10: game equipment consisting of an object used in playing
certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the
chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic
advantage" [syn: man, piece]
11: all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the
world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because
`mankind' seemed to slight the women" [syn: world, human
race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans,
mankind, man]
v 1: take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place;
"Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning"
2: provide with workers; "We cannot man all the desks";
"Students were manning the booths"
-
matron
0
n 1: a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is
staid and dignified
2: a wardress in a prison
3: a woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution
-
micron
0
n 1: a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter
[syn: micron, micrometer]
-
moron
0
n 1: a person of subnormal intelligence [syn: idiot,
imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit,
retard]
2: a city in Argentina, to the west of Buenos Aires
-
neuron
0
n 1: a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses [syn:
nerve cell, neuron]
-
neuropteran
0
n 1: insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous
wings with netlike veins [syn: neuropteron,
neuropteran, neuropterous insect]
-
neutron
0
n 1: an elementary particle with 0 charge and mass about equal
to a proton; enters into the structure of the atomic
nucleus
-
octahedron
0
n 1: any polyhedron having eight plane faces
-
omicron
0
n 1: the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet
-
oxymoron
0
n 1: conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
-
pan
0
n 1: cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel [syn:
pan, cooking pan]
2: (Greek mythology) god of fields and woods and shepherds and
flocks; represented as a man with goat's legs and horns and
ears; identified with Roman Sylvanus or Faunus [syn: Pan,
goat god]
3: shallow container made of metal
4: chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to
other pongids [syn: Pan, genus Pan]
v 1: make a sweeping movement; "The camera panned across the
room"
2: wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
[syn: pan, pan out, pan off]
3: express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned
the performance" [syn: pan, tear apart, trash]
-
patron
0
n 1: a regular customer [syn: patron, frequenter]
2: the proprietor of an inn
3: someone who supports or champions something [syn: patron,
sponsor, supporter]
-
philodendron
0
n 1: often grown as a houseplant
-
photoelectron
0
n 1: an electron that is emitted from an atom or molecule by an
incident photon
-
plan
0
n 1: a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be
accomplished; "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they
discussed plans for a new bond issue" [syn: plan,
program, programme]
2: an arrangement scheme; "the awkward design of the keyboard
made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for
living"; "a plan for seating guests" [syn: design, plan]
3: scale drawing of a structure; "the plans for City Hall were
on file" [syn: plan, architectural plan]
v 1: have the will and intention to carry out some action; "He
plans to be in graduate school next year"; "The rebels had
planned turmoil and confusion" [syn: plan, be after]
2: make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his
family"
3: make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to
murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an
attack" [syn: plan, project, contrive, design]
4: make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form;
"design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the
museum" [syn: design, plan]
-
plastron
0
n 1: the ornamental front of a woman's bodice or shirt
2: the front of man's dress shirt
3: a metal breastplate that was worn under a coat of mail
4: a large pad worn by a fencer to protect the chest
5: (zoology) the part of a turtle's shell forming its underside
-
polyhedron
0
n 1: a solid figure bounded by plane polygons or faces
-
positron
0
n 1: an elementary particle with positive charge; interaction of
a positron and an electron results in annihilation [syn:
positron, antielectron]
-
rhododendron
0
n 1: any shrub of the genus Rhododendron: evergreen shrubs or
small shrubby trees having leathery leaves and showy
clusters of campanulate (bell-shaped) flowers
-
saffron
0
n 1: Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with
aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food
[syn: saffron, saffron crocus, Crocus sativus]
2: dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus
3: a shade of yellow tinged with orange [syn: orange yellow,
saffron]
-
scan
0
n 1: the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed
region; "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his
binoculars"
2: an image produced by scanning; "he analyzed the brain scan";
"you could see the tumor in the CAT scan" [syn: scan, CAT
scan]
v 1: examine minutely or intensely; "the surgeon scanned the
X-ray"
2: examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while
waiting for the taxi" [syn: scan, skim, rake, glance
over, run down]
3: make a wide, sweeping search of; "The beams scanned the night
sky"
4: conform to a metrical pattern
5: move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image
6: read metrically; "scan verses"
7: obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read
by the computer" [syn: read, scan]
-
sovereign
0
adj 1: (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces;
"an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state" [syn:
autonomous, independent, self-governing,
sovereign]
2: greatest in status or authority or power; "a supreme
tribunal" [syn: sovereign, supreme]
n 1: a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary
right [syn: sovereign, crowned head, monarch]
-
span
0
n 1: the complete duration of something; "the job was finished
in the span of an hour"
2: the distance or interval between two points
3: two items of the same kind [syn: couple, pair, twosome,
twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich,
duo, duet, dyad, duad]
4: a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human
hand (usually taken as 9 inches)
5: a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an
obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc. [syn:
bridge, span]
6: the act of sitting or standing astride [syn: straddle,
span]
v 1: to cover or extend over an area or time period; "Rivers
traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3
acres"; "The novel spans three centuries" [syn: cross,
traverse, span, sweep]
-
squadron
0
n 1: a cavalry unit consisting of two or more troops and
headquarters and supporting arms
2: an air force unit larger than a flight and smaller than a
group
3: a naval unit that is detached from the fleet for a particular
task
-
suzerain
0
n 1: a state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent
state especially in its foreign affairs
-
synchrocyclotron
0
n 1: cyclotron that achieves relativistic velocities by
modulating the frequency of the accelerating electric field
-
synchrotron
0
n 1: cyclotron in which the electric field is maintained at a
constant frequency
-
tan
0
adj 1: of a light yellowish-brown color
n 1: a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays
of the sun [syn: tan, suntan, sunburn, burn]
2: a light brown the color of topaz [syn: tan, topaz]
3: ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled
triangle [syn: tangent, tan]
v 1: treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert
them into leather
2: get a tan, from wind or sun [syn: tan, bronze]
-
tetrahedron
0
n 1: any polyhedron having four plane faces
-
van
0
n 1: any creative group active in the innovation and application
of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially
in the arts) [syn: avant-garde, vanguard, van, new
wave]
2: the leading units moving at the head of an army [syn:
vanguard, van]
3: (Great Britain) a closed railroad car that carries baggage or
freight
4: a camper equipped with living quarters [syn: van,
caravan]
5: a truck with an enclosed cargo space
-
akron
0
n 1: a city in northeastern Ohio; the heart of the United States
rubber industry
-
huron
0
n 1: the 2nd largest of the Great Lakes [syn: Lake Huron,
Huron]
-
charon
0
n 1: (Greek mythology) the ferryman who brought the souls of the
dead across the river Styx or the river Acheron to Hades
-
calderon
0
n 1: Spanish poet and dramatist considered one of the great
Spanish writers (1600-1681) [syn: Calderon, Calderon de
la Barca, Pedro Calderon de la Barca]
-
han
0
n 1: imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from
206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed
its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of
Chinese civilization [syn: Han, Han dynasty]
-
peron
0
n 1: Argentine soldier who became president of Argentina
(1895-1974) [syn: Peron, Juan Domingo Peron]
-
cannes
0
n 1: a port and resort city on the French Riviera; site of an
annual film festival
-
gran
0
n 1: the mother of your father or mother [syn: grandma,
grandmother, granny, grannie, gran, nan, nanna]
-
mann
0
n 1: United States educator who introduced reforms that
significantly altered the system of public education
(1796-1859) [syn: Mann, Horace Mann]
2: German writer concerned about the role of the artist in
bourgeois society (1875-1955) [syn: Mann, Thomas Mann]
-
nan
0
n 1: your grandmother
2: the mother of your father or mother [syn: grandma,
grandmother, granny, grannie, gran, nan, nanna]
3: a river of western Thailand flowing southward to join the
Ping River to form the Chao Phraya [syn: Nan, Nan River]
4: leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped
like a teardrop [syn: nan, naan]
-
shan
0
n 1: a branch of the Tai languages [syn: Tai Long, Shan]
-
anne
0
n 1: Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if
James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she
was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over
parliament (1665-1714)
-
acheron
0
n 1: (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls
of the dead were carried by Charon [syn: Acheron, River
Acheron]
-
betatron
0
n 1: accelerates a continuous beam of electrons to high speeds
by means of the electric field produced by changing
magnetic flux [syn: betatron, induction accelerator]
-
bevatron
0
n 1: a cyclotron that accelerates protons up to several billion
electron volts
-
elytron
0
n 1: either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other
insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings
[syn: wing case, elytron]
-
hyperon
0
n 1: any baryon that is not a nucleon; unstable particle with
mass greater than a neutron
-
mesotron
0
n 1: an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the
atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0 [syn:
meson, mesotron]
-
neophron
0
n 1: a genus of Accipitridae [syn: Neophron, genus Neophron]
-
operon
0
n 1: a segment of DNA containing adjacent genes including
structural genes and an operator gene and a regulatory gene
-
erigeron
0
n 1: cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with flowers
that resemble asters; leaves occasionally (especially
formerly) used medicinally [syn: Erigeron, genus
Erigeron]
-
catherine
0
n 1: first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was
the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536)
[syn: Catherine of Aragon, Catherine]
2: empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the
empire (1729-1796) [syn: Catherine II, Catherine,
Catherine the Great]
-
hadron
0
n 1: any elementary particle that interacts strongly with other
particles
-
nephron
0
n 1: any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of
the vertebrate kidney [syn: nephron, uriniferous
tubule]
-
plectron
0
n 1: a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to
pluck a stringed instrument [syn: pick, plectrum,
plectron]
-
millimicron
0
n 1: a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter
[syn: nanometer, nanometre, nm, millimicron,
micromillimeter, micromillimetre]
-
styron
0
n 1: United States writer best known for his novels (born in
1925) [syn: Styron, William Styron]
-
garonne
0
n 1: a river that rises in the Pyrenees and flows northwest to
the Bay of Biscay [syn: Garonne, Garonne River]
-
lutheran
0
adj 1: of or pertaining to Martin Luther or his teachings; "the
Lutheran doctrine of justification by faith alone"
2: of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of the
Protestant Church adhering to the views of Luther; "Lutheran
doctrines"
n 1: follower of Lutheranism
-
homopteran
0
n 1: insects having membranous forewings and hind wings [syn:
homopterous insect, homopteran]
-
orthopteran
0
n 1: any of various insects having leathery forewings and
membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts [syn:
orthopterous insect, orthopteron, orthopteran]
-
hymenopteran
0
n 1: insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an
ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing [syn:
hymenopterous insect, hymenopteran, hymenopteron,
hymenopter]
-
lepidopteran
0
n 1: insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less
covered with tiny scales [syn: lepidopterous insect,
lepidopteron, lepidopteran]
-
pentahedron
0
n 1: any polyhedron having five plane faces
-
rhombohedron
0
n 1: a parallelepiped bounded by six similar faces (either
rhombuses or parallelograms)
-
children
0
-
coleopteran
0
-
dynatron
0
-
grandchildren
0
-
heptahedron
0
-
ignitron
0