(Canada, Acadian) A tide gate, designed to protect marshland, so constructed as to let out water at low tide, but to prevent an influx of water at high tide.
aboideaus
aboideaus
noun
plural of aboideau
aboideaux
absolutized
absolutized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of absolutize
acarocecidium
acarocecidium
noun
A plant gall caused by an acarid mite
accustomized
accustomized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accustomize
acequiador
acetotoluid
acetotoluide
acetotoluide
noun
(organic chemistry) The N-acetyl derivative of a toluidine
acetotoluidine
acettoluide
acetylfluoride
achenodium
acidiferous
acidiferous
adj
Containing or yielding an acid.
acidulousness
acidulousness
noun
A state of or tendency toward being acidulous or somewhat sour or acid.
adenocarcinomatous
adenocarcinomatous
adj
Of or pertaining to adenocarcinomas
adenocellulitis
adenocellulitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of a lymph node and the surrounding connective tissue
adenovirus
adenovirus
noun
(medicine) Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
adenoviruses
adenoviruses
noun
plural of adenovirus
adequation
adequation
noun
(linguistics) A change in the meaning of a term depending upon context
(obsolete) The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an equivalent.
equivalence
adiaphanousness
adiathermanous
adipocellulose
adipocerous
adipocerous
adj
Like adipocere.
adipogenous
adipogenous
adj
Producing fat.
adjectitious
adjectitious
adj
(formal) Added; additional.
admensuration
admensuration
noun
admeasurement
adoulie
adulteration
adulteration
noun
The action of adulterating, being mixed with extraneous material, illicit substitution of one substance for another.
adulterations
adulterations
noun
plural of adulteration
advectitious
advectitious
adj
Relating to, or transported by, advection.
adventitious
adventitious
adj
(biology) Developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source.
(genetics, medicine) Not congenital; acquired.
Accidental, additional, appearing casually.
From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.
adventitiously
adventitiously
adv
in an adventitious manner; sporadically.
adventitiousness
adventitiousness
noun
the degree to which a thing is adventitious
adventitiousnesses
adversarious
adversarious
adj
(archaic) hostile; adversarial
adversifolious
adversifolious
adj
Synonym of adversifoliate
aegopodium
aeluroid
aeluroidea
aidoneus
aigialosauridae
ailuroidea
albumenoid
albumenoid
noun
Alternative form of albuminoid
aleurodidae
alexandroupolis
aluconidae
alumohydrocalcite
alumohydrocalcite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
amaryllidaceous
amaryllidaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Amaryllidaceae of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous flowering plants.
amaryllideous
amaryllideous
adj
= amaryllidaceous
ambidexterous
ambidexterous
adj
Misspelling of ambidextrous.
ambidextrous
ambidextrous
adj
(archaic) Practising or siding with both parties.
(humorous) Of a person, bisexual.
Equally usable by left-handed and right-handed people (as a tool or instrument).
Exceptionally skillful; adept in more than one medium, genre, style, etc.
Having equal ability in both hands; in particular, able to write equally well with both hands.
ambidextrously
ambidextrously
adv
In an ambidextrous manner.
ambidextrousness
ambidextrousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambidextrous.
amidofluoride
aminoguanidine
aminoguanidine
noun
(organic chemistry, medicine) An amino derivative of guanidine, used for the treatment of diabetic nephropathy under the name pimagedine
ammoniureted
ampelidaceous
ampelidaceous
adj
(botany, obsolete) Of or belonging to the Ampelidaceae (now Vitaceae).
ampelideous
amphidesmous
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
anacardiaceous
anacardiaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Anacardiaceae of cashews and sumacs.
ancistrocladaceous
andouille
andouille
noun
A spiced, heavily smoked Cajun pork sausage, often made from the entire gastrointestinal system of the pig.
andouillet
andouillette
andouillette
noun
A small andouille (type of sausage).
androdioecious
androdioecious
adj
Relating to, or exhibiting, androdioecy.
androecium
androecium
noun
(botany) The set of a flower's stamens.
androgametangium
andromonoecious
andromonoecious
adj
(botany) Producing both bisexual and male flowers on the same plant
aneuploid
aneuploid
adj
(genetics) Having a number of chromosomes that is not a multiple of the haploid number.
noun
A cell or an organism having such a number of chromosomes.
aneuploidies
aneuploidies
noun
plural of aneuploidy
aneuploidy
aneuploidy
noun
(genetics) The condition of being aneuploid; the state of possessing a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number of the organism in question.
anhalouidine
anisocotyledonous
annelidous
annelidous
adj
Of or pertaining to annelids
anomaluridae
anthradiquinone
anthrahydroquinone
antidecalogue
antieducation
antieducation
adj
Opposed to education.
antieducational
antieducational
adj
Opposing education.
antieducationalist
antieducationally
antieducationist
antifeudalization
antimoniureted
antimoniuretted
antimoniuretted
adj
(chemistry) Combined with or containing antimony.
antiproductive
antiproductively
antiproductiveness
antireduction
aouellimiden
aperulosid
aphoruridae
aphroditeum
apodyterium
apodyterium
noun
(architecture, historical) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, for getting undressed.
appendicious
appenditious
archichlamydeous
archichlamydeous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the Archichlamydeae.
aristodemus
aroideous
aroideous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the aroids.
arundiferous
arundiferous
adj
(rare, botany) Producing reeds or canes.
arundinaceous
arundinaceous
adj
(botany) Of, pertaining to, or resembling a reed or cane
arundineous
arundineous
adj
(rare) Abounding in reeds; reedy.
ascidiferous
asclepiadaceous
asclepiadaceous
adj
(botany) Relating to the milkweeds.
asclepiadeous
asperuloside
asperuloside
noun
(organic chemistry) A particular glycoside with similar properties to aucubin.
assiduousness
assiduousness
noun
The state or property of being assiduous.
assiduousnesses
auctioned
auctioned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of auction
audaciousness
audaciousness
noun
Impudence.
Risky or daring behaviour.
audioemission
audiogenic
audiogenic
adj
Produced by sound.
audiologies
audiologies
noun
plural of audiology
audiometer
audiometer
noun
An instrument which is used to determine the acuity of hearing.
audiometers
audiometers
noun
plural of audiometer
audiometric
audiometric
adj
Measured using an audiometer
Of or pertaining to audiometry
audiometrically
audiometrically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, audiometry.
audiometries
audiometries
noun
plural of audiometry
audiometrist
audiometrist
noun
A technician who carries out audiometry.
audiometry
audiometry
noun
(medicine) The quantitative assessment of a person's hearing ability, especially by means of an audiometer.
audiophile
audiophile
noun
A person with an interest in high fidelity music and/or sound reproduction and its associated technology.
audiophiles
audiophiles
noun
plural of audiophile
audiotape
audiotape
noun
A magnetic tape that stores analog sound for later playback on a tape player.
Any of a cassette tape, eight-track tape, reel-to-reel tape, DAT, etc.
verb
(transitive) To record onto audiotape.
audiotapes
audiotapes
noun
plural of audiotape
audiphone
audiphone
noun
An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or less distinctly.
auditioned
auditioned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of audition
auditories
auditories
noun
plural of auditory
aulostomatidae
aulostomidae
aureocasidium
auribromide
aurichloride
aurichloride
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Tetrachloroaurate
aurobromide
aurochloride
aurochloride
noun
(inorganic chemistry, countable) Any salt containing this anion.
(inorganic chemistry, uncountable) The complex anion, AuCl₄⁻, produced when gold is dissolved in aqua regia.
aurocyanide
aurocyanide
noun
(inorganic chemistry, uncountable) The complex anion, Au(CN)₂⁻, produced when gold is dissolved as part of the cyanide process.
aurodiamine
authorised
authorised
adj
Alternative spelling of authorized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of authorise
authorized
authorized
adj
Explicitly allowed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of authorize
autobasidiomycetes
autobasidiomycetous
autobolide
autocide
autocide
noun
(agriculture) Control of a pest through propagation of sterile males.
(bacteriology) A substance produced by a bacterium that is fatal to that bacterium.
(obsolete, rare) A suicidal person.
An act of killing someone with an automobile.
An act of suicide committed by crashing a car.
autocondensation
autocondensation
noun
(chemistry) A condensation reaction between two molecules of the same compound
autodecomposition
autodecomposition
noun
(chemistry) The spontaneous decomposition of a substance, especially in an explosive manner
autodepolymerization
autodermic
autodestruction
autodestruction
noun
(chiefly science fiction) A feature of a system whereby it destroys itself.
autodialed
autodialed
verb
past participle of autodial
autodialer
autodialer
noun
(computing) malicious software, embedded in a website, that routes dial-up Internet connections to a different telephone number charged at a premium rate
an electronic device that can automatically dial telephone numbers to communicate between any two points in the telephone, mobile phone and pager networks
autodialers
autodialers
noun
plural of autodialer
autodialled
autodifferentiation
autodifferentiation
noun
(biology) Automatic differentiation and specialization of cells; autonomous development.
(mathematics, computing) The automatic differentiation of a function by a computer.
The differentiation of a whole into distinct parts; self-differentiation.
autodigestion
autodigestion
noun
(biology) The digestion of tissue by enzymes produced by the organism itself.