Continuing our tryst with our exploration of ‘one word substitution‘ list, we present more words as they keep coming. These words are intended to give the exact meaning of a sentence by a single word. These types of lists come pretty handy if you want to improve your vocabulary in English language.
| To make expressive gestures or motions while speaking. |
Gesticulate |
| A list of explanations of rare,technical or obsolete words. |
Glossary |
| Language that is made commonplace by being used frequently. |
Hackneyed |
| A noisy or vehement speech intended to excite passions. |
Harangue |
| A list of articles and their description. |
Inventory |
| Language which is confused and unintelligible. |
Jargon |
| A book of accounts showing debits and credits. |
Ledger |
| Study of night. |
Lucubration |
| A declaration of plans and promises put forward for election,o political party or a sovereign. |
Manifesto |
| A written account,usually in book form,of the interesting and memorable experiences of one’s life. |
Memoirs |
| A note to serve as a reminder. |
Memorandum |
| The concluding part of a speech. |
Peroration |
| Passing off another author’s work as one’s own. |
Plagiarism |
| One who writes plays,dramatist. |
Playwright |
| A short speech by a player at the beginning of a play. |
Prologue |
| Speaking to oneself. |
Soliloquy |
| A play with a sad or tragic end. |
Tragedy |
| The trade mark of the maker seen on paper when it is held up to the light. |
Watermark |
| One who pretends to have a great deal of knowledge. |
Wiseacre |
| Unable to die. |
Immortal |
| That which cannot be moved. |
Immovable |
| That which cannot be passed. |
Impassable |
| That which cannot be pierced or penetrated. |
Impenetrable |
| Enduring for all times. |
Imperishable |
| Not admitting the passage or entrance of water etc. |
Impervious |
| That which cannot be taken by assault. |
Impregnable |
| Not endowed with life. |
Inanimate |
| That which cannot be heard. |
Inaudible |
| Incapable of being burnt. |
Incombustible |
| Incapable of being redeemed from evil,or beyond correction. |
Incorrigible |
| That which cannot be erased. |
Indelible |
| Incapable of being destroyed. |
Indestructible |
| Absolutely necessary. |
Indispensable |
| That which cannot be avoided or prevented. |
Inevitable |
| That which cannot be made plain or understood. |
Inexplicable |
| Incapable of making errors. |
Infallible |
| That which cannot be imitated. |
Inimitable |
| That which cannot be conquered. |
Invincible |
| That which cannot be seen. |
Invisible |
| That which cannot be wounded or injured. |
Invulnerable |
| That which cannot be lessened. |
Irreducible |
| Not relating to the matter at hand. |
Irrelevant |
| That which cannot be repaired or remedied. |
Irreparable |
| That which cannot be replaced in case of loss. |
Irreplaceable |
Continuing our tryst with our exploration of ‘one word substitution‘ list, we present more words as they keep coming. These words are intended to give the exact meaning of a sentence by a single word. These types of lists come pretty handy if you want to improve your vocabulary in English language.
| Animals with backbone. |
Vertebrates |
| A poem in which the first letters of each line,taken in order,form a name or a sentence. |
Acrostic |
| A list of headings of the business to be transacted at a meeting. |
Agenda |
| A book with blank pages for putting autographs,pictures,stamps,etc. |
Album |
| A succession of the same initial letters in a passage. |
Alliteration |
| A record of one’s life written by himself/herself. |
Autobiography |
| A handwritten signature. |
Autograph |
| A statement which is accepted as true without proof. |
Axiom |
| A list of books in a library catalogue,sources used in the preparation of a book. |
Bibliography |
| The record of the life of a person written by someone else. |
Biography |
| The heading or shot description of a newspaper article,chapter of a book,etc. |
Caption |
| A humorous play,having a happy ending. |
Comedy |
| The exclusive right of an author or his heirs to publish or sell copies of his writings. |
Copyright |
| A principle or standard by which anything is,or can be judged. |
Criterion |
| A conservation between two persons. |
Dialogue |
| A book in which the events of each day are recorded. |
Diary |
| A book containing the words of a language with their definitions,in alphabetical order. |
Dictionary |
| A book of names and addresses. |
Directory |
| A mournful song (or poem) for the dead. |
Dirge |
| A poem of lamentation,especially for the dead. |
Elegy |
| A writing or speech in praise of a person,eulogy. |
Encomium |
| A book containing information on all branches of knowledge. |
Encyclopaedia |
| To pronounce words distinctly. |
Enunciate |
| A short speech by a player at the end of a play. |
Epilogue |
| A brief summary of a book,an abstract. |
Epitome |
| An error or misprint in printing,or writing. |
Erratum |
| An extract or selection from a book of writing. |
Excerpt |
| To remove the offensive portions of a book. |
Expurgate |
| Still in use (of books published long ago). |
Extant |
| Delivered (of a speech) without previous preparation. |
Extempore |
| An exact copy of handwriting,printing,or of a picture. |
Facsimile |
| A picture facing the title of a book. |
Frontispiece |
Continuing our tryst with our exploration of ‘one word substitution‘ list, we present more words as they keep coming. These words are intended to give the exact meaning of a sentence by a single word. These types of lists come pretty handy if you want to improve your vocabulary in English language.
| The process of fusing male and female sexual cells to produce young ones. |
Fertilisation |
| Generic scientific name for plants. |
Flora |
| The process by which a young plant begins to grow. |
Germination |
| The dormant condition in which plants and vegetables. |
Hibernation |
| Soil composed largely of decayed plants and vegetables. |
Humus |
| A cluster of flowers on a branch. |
Inflorescence |
| A liquid or powder preparation for killing insects. |
Insecticide |
| Animals without backbone. |
Invertebrates |
| To supply land with water by artificial means. |
Irrigate |
| The inside of a nut. |
Kernel |
| Animals which carry their young in a pouch,e.g. Kangaroo |
Marsupials |
| Plants with one seed-leaf,e.g. Corn |
Mono-cotyledonous |
| The flesh of sheep/goats. |
Mutton |
| One who studies plant and animal life. |
Naturalist |
| The parts of an animal killed for food which are rejected or considered waste. |
Offal |
| Rock from which metal is extracted. |
Ore |
| A plant or animal living on another. |
Parasite |
| The part of the embryo of a plant which forms the stem. |
Plumule |
| The process by which pollen dust is transferred from the stamen to the pistil. |
Pollination |
| A four-footed animal. |
Qurdruped |
| The part of the embryo of a plant which forms the root. |
Radicle |
| The process by means of which plants and animals breathe. |
Respiration |
| A thick,horizontal,underground stem,e.g. Ginger |
Rhizome |
| A gnawing animal,e.g. Rat |
Rodent |
| A cud-chewing animal,e.g. Cow |
Ruminant |
| The dead skin cast off by a snake. |
Slough |
| The track of a wild animal. |
Spoor |
| Two leaf-like appendages at the base of some leaves. |
Stipules |
| Tiny openings on the under-surface of leaves through which the plant breathes. |
Stomata |
| A spiral shoot of a plant which winds itself round another body for support. |
Tendril |
| The process by which plants give off excess water through their leaves. |
Transpiration |
| The meet of deer. |
Venison |
Continuing our tryst with our exploration of ‘one word substitution‘ list, we present more words as they keep coming. These words are intended to give the exact meaning of a sentence by a single word. These types of lists come pretty handy if you want to improve your vocabulary in English language.
| A place where bodies of persons found dead are placed for identification. |
Morgue |
| A place where dead bodies are temporarily placed. |
Mortuary |
| An account in the newspaper of the funeral of one deceased. |
Obituary |
| Murder of one’s own father. |
Patricide |
| Occurring of one’s own father. |
Posthumous |
| A pile of wood on which a dead body is burned. |
Pyre |
| Murder of a king. |
Regicide |
| Mass for the dead,a piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person. (s) |
Requiem |
| Rising from the dead. |
Resurrection |
| A stone coffin,especially one made of limestone. |
Sarcophagus |
| Murder of one’s own sister. |
Sororicide |
| The act of killing oneself. |
Suicide |
| The cloth which is wrapped round a dead body. |
Winding-sheet |
| The process by which plants take up mineral salts in solution through their roots. |
Absorption |
| Soil washed down and carried away by rivers. |
Alluvium |
| At home equally on land or in water. |
Amphibious |
| A plant whose life-cycle completes in a year. |
Annual |
| The feelers of an insect. |
Antennae |
| The process by which plants manufacture food. |
Assimilation |
| A plant whose life-cycle takes two years to complete. |
Biennial |
| A slimy substance between the wood and bark of a stem. |
Cambium |
| The green coloured pigment in the leaves of plants. |
Chlorophyll |
| The pupa of a moth or a butterfly. |
Chrysalis |
| The central or innermost part of a fruit. |
Core |
| The seed-leaves of the embryo. |
Cotyledon |
| Trees which lose their leaves annually. |
Deciduous |
| An instrument for making holes in the soil for seeds. |
Dibble |
| Plants with two seed-leaves,e.g. Lime. |
Di-cotyledonous |
| Absence of rain for a long time. |
Drought |
| An organism in its early stages of development or an organism in the process of developing its distinctive form. |
Embryo |
| Generic scientific name for animals. |
Fauna |
Continuing our tryst with our exploration of ‘one word substitution‘ list, we present more words as they keep coming. These words are intended to give the exact meaning of a sentence by a single word. These types of lists come pretty handy if you want to improve your vocabulary in English language.
| The science of diseases of the human body. |
Pathology |
| A forecast to the result of a disease or illness. |
Prognosis |
| Affecting the lungs. |
Pulmonary |
| Confinement to one place to avoid spread of infection. |
Quarantine |
| A disease affecting scattered groups of people. |
Sporadic |
| The mosquito which transmits yellow fever. |
Stegomyia |
| An instrument used by physicians for listening to the action of the heart and lungs. |
Stethoscope |
| A powder or paste used for cleaning teeth. |
Toothpaste |
| Fainting or death due to lack oxygen. |
Asphyxia |
| An examination of a dead body, postmortem. |
Autopsy |
| A frame on which a dead body is conveyed. |
Bier |
| The dead body of an animal. |
Carcass |
| Dead and decaying flesh. (esp. of animals) |
Carrion |
| Underground caves with burying places for the dead. |
Catacombs |
| A place where dead bodies are interred. |
Cemetery |
| A monument set up for persons who are buried elsewhere. |
Cenotaph |
| The dead body of a human being. |
Corpse |
| Disposal of a dead body by burning. |
Cremation |
| A vault beneath a church used for burial. |
Crypt |
| Killed by an electric current. |
Electrocuted |
| To treat a dead body with preservatives to avoid putrefaction. |
Embalm |
| An inscription on a tomb. |
Epitaph |
| The practise of putting a suffering person painlessly to death. |
Euthanasia |
| To dig up a corpse. |
Exhume |
| Murder of one’s own brother. |
Fratricide |
| A vehicle for taking dead bodies to the cemetery. |
Hearse |
| The act of killing a human being. |
Homicide |
| Murder of a new-born child. |
Infanticide |
| To die without leaving a will. |
Intestate |
| The property left to someone by a will. |
Legacy |
| Murder of one’s own mother. |
Matricide |
| A very expensive and elaborately built tomb. |
Mausoleum |
Continuing our tryst with our exploration of ‘one word substitution‘ list, we present more words as they keep coming. These words are intended to give the exact meaning of a sentence by a single word. These types of lists come pretty handy if you want to improve your vocabulary in English language.
| An instrument for increasing the volume of the voice. |
Microphone |
| An instrument for making very small objects appear large. |
Microscope |
| An instrument for enabling persons inside a submarine to see objects above the surface of the water. |
Periscope |
| An instrument for measuring earthquakes. |
Seismograph |
| An instrument for measuring the speed of a motor-car. |
Speedometer |
| An electrical instrument for transmitting speech. |
Telephone |
| An instrument used for measuring temperature. |
Thermometer |
| An instrument for seeing distant objects. |
Telescope |
| A vehicle for conveying sick or injured people to the hospital. |
Ambulance |
| To cut off a part of a person’s body which in infected. |
Amputate |
| Low levels of iron in the blood. |
Anaemia |
| Any medicine which produce insensibility. |
Anaesthetic |
| A medicine which alleviates pain. |
Anodyne |
| The mosquito which transmits malaria. |
Anopheles |
| A medicine to counteract poison. |
Antidote |
| A substance which destroys or weakens germs. |
Antiseptic |
| A substance used in surgery to induce unconsciousness. |
Chloroform |
| The mark or scar left after a wound is healed. |
Cicatrix |
| Gradual recovery from illness. |
Convalescence |
| One who is recovering from illness. |
Convalescent |
| The mosquito which transmits filaria. |
Culex |
| A substance to hide unwanted smells. |
Deodorant |
| To be able to tell the nature of a disease by its symptoms. |
Diagnose |
| A medicine to cause vomiting. |
Emetic |
| A disease confined to a particular district place. |
Endemic |
| A disease affecting many persons at the same place and time. |
Epidemic |
| To disinfect by smoke. |
Fumigate |
| Free or exempt from infection. |
Immune |
| A substance used by dentists to deaden gums and nerves. |
Lidocaine |
| A medicine for relieving, numbing pain. |
Narcotic |
| A cure for all diseases. |
Panacea |
| A disease extensively epidemic. |
Pandemic |
Continuing our tryst with our exploration of ‘one word substitution‘ list, we present more words as they keep coming. These words are intended to give the exact meaning of a sentence by a single word. These types of lists come pretty handy if you want to improve your vocabulary in English language.
| The study of rocks and soils. |
Geology |
| Cultivating and managing gardens. |
Horticulture |
| The science of numbers. |
Mathematics |
| The science of measuring volume, length. |
Mensuration |
| The art of metal-working. |
Metallurgy |
| The study of coins. |
Numismatics |
| The study of eggs. |
Oology |
| The study of birds. |
Ornithology |
| The study of mountains. |
Orology |
| The study of ancient writings. |
Palaeography |
| The study of stamps. |
Philately |
| The study of languages. |
Philology |
| The study of the human face. |
Physiognomy |
| The study of the way in which the human body works. |
Physiology |
| An institution for education in the arts and sciences. |
Polytechnic |
| The study of the human mind. |
Psychology |
| The art of making fireworks. |
Pyrotechnics |
| The art of elegant speech or writing. |
Rhetoric |
| The art of measuring land. . |
Surveying |
| The art of preserving skins. |
Taxidermy |
| The application of practical sciences to industry or commerce. |
Technology |
| The study of animals. |
Zoology |
| An instrument for measuring electric current. |
Ammeter |
| An instrument for measuring the force or variation of the wind. |
Anemometer |
| An instrument for measuring air pressure. |
Barometer |
| An instrument which when put to both eyes enables a person to see distant objects as if they were near. |
Binoculars |
| An instrument for taking photographs. |
Camera |
| An instrument for recording revolutions. |
Gyrograph |
| An instrument for distinguishing precious stones. |
Lithoscope |
| An instrument for measuring gases. |
Manometer |
| An instrument for beating or keeping time during a musical performance. |
Metronome |
| An instrument for measuring minute distances. |
Micrometer |
Continuing our tryst with our exploration of ‘one word substitution‘ list, we present more words as they keep coming. These words are intended to give the exact meaning of a sentence by a single word. These types of lists come pretty handy if you want to improve your vocabulary in English language.
| One who governs a kingdom during the infancy, absence, or disability of the sovereign. |
Regent |
| A radical change in government. |
Revolution |
| Facts and figures. |
Statistics |
| Government by a military class. |
Stratocracy |
| Payment of money allowed to a wife on legal separation from her husband. |
Alimony |
| Engaged from her husband. |
Betrothed |
| One who marries a second wife or husband while the legal spouse is alive. |
Bigamist |
| One vowed to a single or unmarried life of sexual abstinence. |
Celibate |
| Legal dissolution of the marriage of husband and wife. |
Divorce |
| The property which a new wife brings to her husband. |
Dowry |
| To run away with a lover in order to get married secretly. |
Elope |
| A man engaged to be married. |
Fiance |
| A woman engaged to be married. |
Fiancee |
| One who has only one wife or husband at a time. |
Monogamist |
| Woman who has more than one husband at a time. |
Polyandrist |
| Man who has more than one wife at a time. |
Polygamist |
| A bride’s outfit. |
Trousseau |
| A man whose wife is dead. |
Widower |
| Cultivating and growing crops. |
Agriculture |
| The science of land management. |
Agronomics |
| The study of the structure of the human body. |
Anatomy |
| The study of mankind. |
Anthropology |
| The art of telling the future by the study of the stars. |
Astrology |
| The study of ancient buildings and prehistoric remains. |
Archaeology |
| The study of all heavenly bodies. |
Astronomy |
| The art of beautiful hand-writing. |
Calligraphy |
| The art of making maps and charts. |
Cartography |
| The science of colors. |
Chromatics |
| The art of effective speaking or oral reading. |
Elocution |
| The study of the varieties of the human race. |
Ethnology |
| The study of the origin and history of words. |
Etymology |
| The science of family descent. |
Genealogy |
Continuing our tryst with our exploration of ‘one word substitution‘ list, we present more words as they keep coming. These words are intended to give the exact meaning of a sentence by a single word. These types of lists come pretty handy if you want to improve your vocabulary in English language.
| One who searches for minerals or mining sites. |
Prospector |
| One under the protection of another. |
Protege |
| One who pretends to be a doctor. |
Quack |
| An expert at story-telling. |
Raconteur |
| One who retires from society to live a solitary life. |
Recluse |
| A newly enlisted soldier or sailor. |
Recruit |
| One who takes refuge in a foreign country. |
Refugee |
| One who walks in his sleep. |
Somnambulist |
| One who talks in his sleep. |
Somniloquist |
| One whose reasoning is clever yet false. |
Sophist |
| One who hides away on a ship to obtain a free passage. |
Stowaway |
| One who takes over after another. |
Successor |
| One given up to luxurious living. |
Sybarite |
| One who abstains from alcoholic drinks. |
Teetotaller |
| One who eats no animals flesh. |
Vegetarian |
| One who has the art of speaking in such a way that the sound seems to come from another person/place. |
Ventriloquist |
| One who offers his service of his own free will. |
Volunteer |
| One given to sensual pleasures and bodily enjoyment. |
Voluptuary |
| A lover of animals. |
Zoophilist |
| Government by the nobility. |
Aristocracy |
| Government by a sovereign with uncontrolled authority. |
Autocracy |
| The right of self-government. |
Autonomy |
| Government by departments of state. |
Bureaucracy |
| An official numbering of the population. |
Census |
| The wife or husband of a king or queen. |
Consort |
| Government by divine guidance/Government of the church by bishops. |
Episcopacy |
| The period between two reigns. |
Interregnum |
| Government by the worst citizens. |
Kakistocracy |
| Government by a few. |
Oligarchy |
| Government by the wealthy. |
Plutocracy |
| The science of government. |
Politics |
| To decide a political question by the direct vote of the whole electorate. |
Referendum |
Continuing our tryst with our exploration of ‘one word substitution‘ list, we present more words as they keep coming. These words are intended to give the exact meaning of a sentence by a single word. These types of lists come pretty handy if you want to improve your vocabulary in English language.
| An acrobat who bends his body into various position. |
Contortionist |
| One who steers a boat. |
Coxswain |
| One who sneers at the aims and beliefs of his fellow men. |
Cynic |
| A leader of the people who can sway his followers by his talent of public speaking. |
Demagogue |
| One who secretly listens to the conversation of others. |
Eavesdropper |
| One who delights to speak about himself. |
Egotist |
| One sent out on a mission. |
Emissary |
| One devoted to the pleasures of eating and drinking. |
Epicure |
| One who is banished from his home or his country. |
Exile |
| One who runs away from justice or the law. |
Fugitive |
| A person who styles women’s hair. |
Hairdresser |
| One who interrupts a speaker or performer with comments and awkward questions. |
Heckler |
| One who entertains another. |
Host |
| A person over-anxious about his health. |
Hypochondriac |
| One who pretends to be what he is not. |
Impostor |
| An ungrateful person. |
Ingrate |
| One who has an irresistible tendency to steal. |
Kleptomaniac |
| One versed in many languages. |
Linguist |
| One who dies for a noble cause. |
Martyr |
| One who imitates the voice,gestures etc. of another. |
Mimic |
| One who becomes the favourite of a distinguished personage and serves him as a slave. |
Minion |
| A hater of marriage. |
Misogamist |
| One who collects coins. |
Numismatist |
| An authority on pronunciation. |
Orthoepist |
| One who eats all kinds of food. |
Pantophagist |
| One who loves his country and serves it devotedly. |
Patriot |
| One who journeys on foot. |
Pedestrian |
| One who looks on the dark side of things. |
Pessimist |
| One who devotes his service or wealth for the love of mankind. |
Philanthropist |
| One who journeys to a holy place. |
Pilgrim |
| One who has been before another. |
Predecessor |
| One who foretells events. |
Prophet |
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