An organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia.
Roget 250:
convexity,
prominence,
projection,
swelling,
gibbosity†,
bilge,
bulge,
protuberance,
protrusion;
camber,
cahot [U.S.].
thank-ye-ma'am [U.S.].
swell.
intumescence;
tumour [Brit.],
tumor;
tubercle,
tuberosity [Anat.];
excrescence;
hump,
hunch,
bunch.
boss,
embossment,
hub,
hubble;
[convex body parts]
tooth [U.S.],
knob,
elbow,
process,
apophysis†,
condyle,
bulb,
node,
nodule,
nodosity†,
tongue,
dorsum,
bump,
clump;
sugar loaf
etc.
(sharpness)
253;
bow;
mamelon†;
molar;
belly,
corporation†,
pot belly,
gut [Coll.];
withers,
back,
shoulder,
lip,
flange.
[convexities on skin]
pimple,
zit [Slang];
wen,
wheel,
papula [Med.],
pustule,
pock,
proud flesh,
growth,
sarcoma,
caruncle†,
corn,
wart,
pappiloma,
furuncle,
polypus†,
fungus,
fungosity†,
exostosis†,
bleb,
blister,
blain†;
boil
etc.
(disease)
655;
airbubble†,
blob,
papule,
verruca.
[convex body parts on chest]
papilla,
nipple,
teat,
tit [Vulg.],
titty [Vulg.],
boob [Vulg.],
knocker [Vulg.],
pap,
breast,
dug,
mammilla†.
[prominent convexity on the face]
proboscis,
nose,
neb,
beak,
snout,
nozzle,
schnoz [Coll.].
peg,
button,
stud,
ridge,
rib,
jutty,
trunnion,
snag.
cupola,
dome,
arch,
balcony,
eaves;
pilaster.
relief,
relievo [It],
cameo;
bassorilievo†,
mezzorilevo†,
altorivievo;
low relief,
bas relief [Fr.],
high relief.
hill
etc.
(height)
206;
cape,
promontory,
mull;
forehead,
foreland†;
point of land,
mole,
jetty,
hummock,
ledge,
spur;
naze†,
ness.
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Roget 367:
vegetable,
vegetable kingdom;
flora,
verdure.
plant;
tree,
shrub,
bush;
creeper;
herb,
herbage;
grass.
annual;
perennial,
biennial,
triennial;
exotic.
timber,
forest;
wood,
woodlands;
timberland;
hurst†,
frith†,
holt,
weald†,
park,
chase,
greenwood,
brake,
grove,
copse,
coppice,
bocage†,
tope,
clump of trees,
thicket,
spinet,
spinney;
underwood,
brushwood;
scrub;
boscage,
bosk†,
ceja [Sp.],
chaparal,
motte [U.S.];
arboretum
etc.
371.
bush,
jungle,
prairie;
heath,
heather;
fern,
bracken;
furze,
gorse,
whin;
grass,
turf;
pasture,
pasturage;
turbary†;
sedge,
rush,
weed;
fungus,
mushroom,
toadstool;
lichen,
moss,
conferva†,
mold;
growth;
alfalfa,
alfilaria†,
banyan;
blow,
blowth†;
floret†,
petiole;
pin grass,
timothy,
yam,
yew,
zinnia.
foliage,
branch,
bough,
ramage†,
stem,
tigella†;
spray
etc.
51;
leaf.
flower,
blossom,
bine†;
flowering plant;
timber tree,
fruit tree;
pulse,
legume.
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Roget 401:
fetor†;
bad
etc.
adj..
smell,
bad odor;
stench,
stink;
foul odor,
malodor;
empyreuma†;
mustiness
etc.
adj.;
rancidity;
foulness
etc.
(uncleanness)
653.
stoat,
polecat,
skunk;
assafoetida†;
fungus,
garlic;
stinkpot;
fitchet†,
fitchew†,
fourmart†,
peccary.
acridity
etc.
401.1.
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Roget 663:
bane,
curse;
evil
etc.
619;
hurtfulness
etc.
(badness)
649†;
painfulness
etc.
(cause of pain)
830;
scourge
etc.
(punishment)
975;
damnosa hereditas [Lat.];
white elephant.
sting,
fang,
thorn,
tang,
bramble,
brier,
nettle.
poison,
toxin;
teratogen;
leaven,
virus venom;
arsenic;
antimony,
tartar emetic;
strychnine,
nicotine;
miasma,
miasm†,
mephitis†,
malaria,
azote†,
sewer gas;
pest.
[poisonous substances, examples]
Albany hemp†,
arsenious oxide,
arsenious acid;
bichloride of mercury;
carbonic acid,
carbonic gas;
choke damp,
corrosive sublimate,
fire damp;
hydrocyanic acid,
cyanide,
Prussic acid,
hydrogen cyanide;
marsh gas,
nux vomica [Lat.],
ratsbane†.
[poisonous plants]
hemlock,
hellebore,
nightshade,
belladonna,
henbane,
aconite;
banewort†,
bhang,
ganja†,
hashish;
Upas tree.
[list of poisonous substances]
Toxline (online).
rust,
worm,
helminth [Med.],
moth,
moth and rust,
fungus,
mildew;
dry rot;
canker,
cankerworm;
cancer;
torpedo;
viper
etc.
(evil doer)
913;
demon
etc.
980.
[Science of poisons]
toxicology.
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Dutch: schimmel, paddestoel, zwam
Polish: grzyb