The action of adulterating, being mixed with extraneous material, illicit substitution of one substance for another.
adulterations
adulterations
noun
plural of adulteration
adulterine
adulterine
adj
Born of adultery.
Illegal; unlicensed.
Pertaining to adultery.
Spurious; due to adulteration.
noun
(rare) One born of an adulterous union.
advancingly
advancingly
adv
In an advancing manner.
advential
adventitial
adventitial
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the adventitia
(obsolete) Alternative form of adventitious
adventitiously
adventitiously
adv
in an adventitious manner; sporadically.
adventively
advisableness
advisableness
noun
Synonym of advisability
advolution
advolution
noun
A rolling toward something; goal orientation.
aedilian
aedilitian
aelodicon
aeolodicon
aeolodicon
noun
(music) An obsolete keyed wind instrument resembling the harmonium, its tone produced from steel springs.
aeolodion
aeolodion
noun
Synonym of aeolodicon
aeolomelodicon
aeolomelodicon
noun
(music, historical) An obsolete musical instrument derived from the aeolodicon but having brass tubes affixed to the reeds, making it more like an organ.
aerodontalgia
aerodontalgia
noun
(dentistry) Pain in the teeth caused by changes in air pressure.
aerodynamical
aerodynamical
adj
Synonym of aerodynamic
aerodynamically
aerodynamically
adv
From the perspective of aerodynamics.
In an aerodynamic manner, in a manner which reduces drag.
afflictedness
afflictedness
noun
The state or quality of being afflicted.
agalenidae
agelacrinitidae
agglutinated
agglutinated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agglutinate
agglutinoid
aggradational
aggradational
adj
(geology) Pertaining to or formed by aggradation.
aggrandizable
aggrandizable
adj
(very rare) Capable of being made great; increasable.
aglyphodontia
agonizedly
agonizedly
adv
In an agonized manner
aguinaldo
aguinaldo
noun
(Latin America) A Christmas carol.
A gift given at Christmas or at the Feast of the Epiphany.
A gift given on any other holiday or occasion.
A wild tropical plant of the Convolvulaceae family, very common in Cuba and which flowers at Easter and Christmas.
Christmas pay bonus; Christmas box.
aguinaldos
aguinaldos
noun
plural of aguinaldo
airplaned
airplaned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of airplane
akindle
alabandine
alabandite
alabandite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral form of manganese sulfide, MnS, sometimes found in meteorites
aladdin
aladdin
Proper noun
A given name
An Arabic tale about a young man named Aladdin who is recruited by a sorcerer to get a magic lamp from a cave; often adapted into comic pantomime in Britain
The young man who is the protagonist and title character of the story
aladdinize
aladinist
aladinist
Noun
One of a sect of freethinkers among the Muslims.
alarodian
alaudine
alaudine
adj
Of or pertaining to skylarks.
albardine
albaspidin
albumenised
albumenised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of albumenise
albumenized
albumenized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of albumenize
albumenoid
albumenoid
noun
Alternative form of albuminoid
albuminised
albuminised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of albuminise
albuminized
albuminized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of albuminize
albuminoid
albuminoid
adj
like albumen
of albumin
noun
A simple protein of a subclass mainly derived from animal connective or supportive tissue
albuminoidal
albuminoidal
adj
(chemistry) Of the nature of an albuminoid.
alcedines
alcedinidae
alcedininae
alcibiadean
alcidine
alcidine
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an auk.
alcimedon
alcyonoid
alcyonoid
adj
(zoology) Like or relating to the Alcyonaria.
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Alcyonaria.
aldamin
aldamine
aldazin
aldazine
aldazine
noun
(organic chemistry) An azine derived from an aldehyde; general formula RCH=NN=CHR
aldebaranium
aldebaranium
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A rejected name for ytterbium.
aldehydine
aldenville
alderamin
alderamin
Proper noun
A star in the constellation of Cepheus.
alderling
aldermanic
aldermanic
adj
(Of a sum) substantial, considerable, sizeable.
(Of size) plump, rotund, fleshy.
Of or pertaining to an alderman.
aldermanical
aldermanical
adj
Alternative form of aldermanic
aldermanity
aldermanity
noun
The condition of being an alderman.
aldermanlike
aldermanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an alderman.
aldermanries
aldermanries
noun
plural of aldermanry
aldermanship
aldermanship
noun
The condition, position, or office of an alderman.
aldimin
aldimine
aldimine
noun
(organic chemistry) An imine derived from an aldehyde; general formula RCH=NR
aldin
aldine
aldington
aldolization
aldolization
noun
(organic chemistry) The formation of an aldol, normally from a corresponding aldehyde or ketone
aldolizing
aldosteronism
aldosteronism
noun
(pathology) A condition, marked by excessive secretion of aldosterone, that gives rise to cardiac difficulties
aldovandi
aldrin
aldrin
noun
An insecticide and persistent organic pollutant containing a naphthalene-derived compound.
aldrins
aldrins
noun
plural of aldrin
alduino
aldwin
alectoridine
alectrionidae
aleixandre
alejandrina
alesandrini
alessandri
alessandria
alessandria
Proper noun
A town and associated province in Piedmont, Italy.
alexandreid
alexandria
alexandria
Proper noun
A city and port in Egypt.
A census-designated place in Alabama, USA
A city in Monroe Township, Indiana, USA
A city in Kentucky, USA
A city and the parish seat of Louisiana, USA
A city in Minnesota, USA
A city in Missouri, USA
A village in Nebraska, USA
A town in New Hampshire, USA
A town in New York, USA
A village in Ohio, USA
An unincorporated community in Ohio, USA
A borough in Pennsylvania, USA
A town in Tennessee, USA
An independent city in Virginia, USA
A city in South Dakota, USA
A former town in United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada; now a part of the township of North Glengarry
A ghost town in British Columbia, Canada
A town in Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
A town in Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
alexandrian
alexandrian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt.
Applied to a kind of heroic verse.
Of or pertaining to Alexander the Great, or his reign, era etc.
Noun
Someone from Alexandria
alexandrianism
alexandrianism
Noun
The culture (of literature, philosophy, medicine, and the sciences) that developed in Alexandria, Egypt during the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
Alexandrian Wicca.
alexandrina
alexandrine
alexandrine
noun
(poetry) A line of poetic meter having twelve syllables, usually divided into two or three equal parts.
An Alexandrine parrot or parakeet, Psittacula eupatria.
alexandrines
alexandrines
noun
plural of alexandrine
alexandrinus
alexandrite
alexandrite
noun
(mineralogy) A form of chrysoberyl that displays a colour change dependent upon the light source, along with strong pleochroism.
alexandrites
alexandrites
noun
plural of alexandrite
alexandropolis
alexandroupolis
alfenide
alfenide
noun
An alloy of nickel and silver electroplated with silver.
algedonic
algedonic
adj
Pertaining to both pleasure and pain.
algedonics
algedonics
noun
(management) The handling of critical events in ways that bypass the usual chain of reporting in order to respond more urgently.
The scientific study of pleasure and pain responses.
algidness
algidness
noun
The state or quality of being algid.
algidnesses
algodoncillo
algodoncillo
noun
Bauhinia picta, a fabaceous plant found in Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela.
algodonite
algodonite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal copper arsenide mineral.
alienated
alienated
adj
Isolated; excluded; estranged.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alienate
aliened
aliened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alien
aligned
aligned
adj
(figurative) Allied or working together with a common goal.
Having been placed, arranged or formed in alignment (with something).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of align
alimented
alimented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aliment
alimonied
alined
alined
adj
Alternative spelling of aligned
alisander
alisanders
alisanders
noun
Alternative form of alexanders (plant)
alisphenoid
alisphenoid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to a bone in the base of the skull, which in the adult is often consolidated with the sphenoid.
(anatomy) Relating to or forming the wing of the sphenoid bone.
noun
(anatomy) The greater wing of the sphenoid bone
alisphenoidal
alisphenoidal
adj
Alternative form of alisphenoid
aliunde
aliunde
adv
(law) From another source; from elsewhere.
alkalinised
alkalinised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alkalinise
alkalinized
alkalinized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alkalinize
alkylidene
alkylidene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of divalent functional groups derived from an alkane by removal of two hydrogen atoms from the same carbon atom, the free valencies being part of a double bond - R₂C=
allantoid
allantoid
adj
(chiefly embryology) Allantoic.
(now chiefly mycology) Sausage-shaped; especially with reference to fungal spores that are long with rounded ends.
noun
(obsolete, embryology) The allantois.
allantoidal
allantoidal
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the allantois.
allantoidea
allantoidean
allantoides
allantoides
noun
plural of allantois
allantoidian
allantoxaidin
alledonia
allianced
allianced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alliance
alloantibody
alloantibody
noun
An antibody involved in alloimmunity.
allodian
allodification
allodification
noun
Conversion to the allodial system.
allophanamid
allophanamide
allophanamide
noun
(organic chemistry) biuret
allosyndesis
allosyndesis
noun
(genetics) The meiotic pairing of nonhomologous chromosomes from an allopolyploid individual
allosyndetic
allosyndetic
adj
Relating to allosyndesis
allotriodontia
alluding
alluding
verb
present participle of allude
almandine
almandine
noun
(mineralogy) A type of garnet having a deep red color, inclining to purple, with the chemical formula Fe₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃.