Nouns

Words that name people, places, things, or ideas

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advantageousness

noun

the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successfu...

adventitia

noun

an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue

adventurism

noun

recklessness in politics or foreign affairs

adventuress

noun

a woman adventurer

advertence

noun

the process of being heedful

adventurousness

noun

the trait of being adventurous

adverbial

noun

a word or group of words function as an adverb

advertency

noun

the process of being heedful

advertizing

noun

a public promotion of some product or service

advertizement

noun

a public promotion of some product or service

advisee

noun

someone who receives advice

advisability

noun

the quality of being advisable

advertizer

noun

someone whose business is advertising

advowson

noun

the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant...

adynamia

noun

lack of strength or vigor (especially from illness)

aeration

noun

the act of charging a liquid with a gas making it effervesce...

aerie

noun

the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)

aerator

noun

an apparatus for exposing something to the air (as sewage)

aerobe

noun

an organism (especially a bacterium) that requires air or fr...

aerology

noun

meteorology of the total extent of the atmosphere; especiall...

aerobiosis

noun

life sustained in the presence of air or oxygen

aerodontalgia

noun

pain in the teeth that results from a change in air pressure...

aeroembolism

noun

pain resulting from rapid change in pressure

aerogram

noun

a letter sent by air mail

aerolite

noun

a stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals

aerofoil

noun

a device that provides reactive force when in motion relativ...

aerogramme

noun

a letter sent by air mail

aeromedicine

noun

the study and treatment of disorders associated with flight...

aeromechanics

noun

the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of gases...

aerophagia

noun

swallowing air (usually followed by belching and discomfort...

aerophilately

noun

the collection and study of airmail stamps

aerophyte

noun

plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and r...

aery

noun

the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)

aesculapius

noun

son of Apollo; a hero and the Roman god of medicine and heal...

aesthesia

noun

mental responsiveness and awareness

aesthesis

noun

an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation

aesthetician

noun

a worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and...

aestivation

noun

(zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer...

aeciospore

noun

spore of a rust fungus formed in an aecium

aecium

noun

fruiting body of some rust fungi bearing chains of aeciospor...

aegates

noun

a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Medit...

aegir

noun

a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by co...

aegisthus

noun

(Greek mythology) the seducer of Clytemnestra and murderer o...

aegina

noun

an island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf

aeolic

noun

the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia...

aeolia

noun

an ancient coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (includ...

aegospotami

noun

a creek emptying into the Hellespont in present-day Turkey;...

aeolis

noun

an ancient coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (includ...

aeolus

noun

god of the winds in ancient mythology

aeolian

noun

a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehisto...