(in the plural) The native flora and fauna of an area.
A native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people.
aborigines
aborigines
noun
(history) The inhabitants of a location before colonization by the Europeans occurred.
Indigenous flora and fauna.
The original people of a location, originally Greek and Roman.
plural of aborigine
abortogenic
abortogenic
adj
Causing abortion; abortifacient.
noun
A substance that induces abortion; an abortifacient.
abreacting
abreacting
verb
present participle of abreact
abridgable
abridgable
adj
Capable of being abridged.
abridge
abridge
verb
(transitive) Cut short; truncate.
(transitive) To curtail.
(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
(transitive) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.
(transitive, archaic) To deprive; to cut off.
(transitive, archaic, rare) To debar from.
abridgeable
abridgeable
adj
Alternative form of abridgable
abridged
abridged
adj
Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abridge
abridgedly
abridgedly
adv
in an abridged manner, in a manner that is cut short or shortened
abridgement
abridgement
noun
(chiefly UK) Alternative form of abridgment
abridgements
abridgements
noun
plural of abridgement
abridger
abridger
noun
One who abridges.
abridgers
abridgers
noun
plural of abridger
abridges
abridges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abridge
abridgment
abridgment
noun
(US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.
(US) The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation
(US) The state of being abridged or lessened.
(dated, law) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.
(law) The leaving out of certain portions of a plaintiff's demand, the writ still holding good for the remainder.
(obsolete) That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly
abridgments
abridgments
noun
plural of abridgment
abrogative
abrogative
adj
Tending or designed to abrogate.
absterging
absterging
verb
present participle of absterge
acerbating
acerbating
verb
present participle of acerbate
aerobacteriological
aerobacteriologically
aerobacteriologist
aerobacteriology
aerobating
aerobating
verb
present participle of aerobate
aerobicizing
aerobicizing
verb
present participle of aerobicize
aerobiologic
aerobiologic
adj
Pertaining to, or characteristic of, aerobiology.
aerobiological
aerobiological
adj
Pertaining to aerobiology.
aerobiologically
aerobiologically
adv
In an aerobiological way.
aerobiologist
aerobiologist
noun
A biologist specializing in aerobiology.
aerobiology
aerobiology
noun
The study of the dispersion of airborne biological materials, as pollen, spores, microorganisms, or viruses.
aerobraking
aerobraking
noun
(astronautics) The use of atmospheric drag to reduce the velocity of a spacecraft, especially so as to establish a stable orbit and to reduce fuel consumption.
verb
present participle of aerobrake
afibrinogenemia
afibrinogenemia
noun
(medicine) A blood disorder in which the blood does not clot normally due to a lack of, or a malfunction involving, fibrinogen.
afterburning
afterburning
noun
(aviation) The injection of extra fuel into a jet engine downstream of the turbines in order to achieve extra thrust.
aggrandizable
aggrandizable
adj
(very rare) Capable of being made great; increasable.
agreeability
agreeability
noun
(uncountable) The property of being agreeable; pleasantness.
agribusiness
agribusiness
noun
(countable) A business or group of businesses engaged in agriculture, particularly if using modern farming techniques in the process.
(uncountable) Business (especially big business) connected to agriculture, either owning or operating large-scale farms, or catering to those who do.
agribusinesses
agribusinesses
noun
plural of agribusiness
agrobacterium
agrobacterium
noun
A soil bacterium, of the genus Agrobacterium, which can fix nitrogen, and causes the formation of crown galls in plants.
albergatrice
alberghi
alberghi
noun
plural of albergo
albrightsville
algebraic
algebraic
adj
(algebra, number theory, of a number) Which is a root of some polynomial whose coefficients are rational.
(algebra, of a field) Whose every element is a root of some polynomial whose coefficients are rational.
(chess, of notation) Describing squares by file (referred to in intrinsic order rather than by the piece starting on that file) and rank, both with reference to a fixed point rather than a player-dependent perspective.
(mathematics, of an expression, equation, or function) Containing only numbers, letters, and arithmetic operators.
Of, or relating to, algebra.
algebraical
algebraical
adj
(mathematics) Requiring a finite number of algebraic operations; the opposite of transcendental.
Pertaining to algebra or its laws.
algebraically
algebraically
adv
Using algebra.
algebraist
algebraist
noun
(mathematics) A mathematician who specializes in algebra.
algebraists
algebraists
noun
plural of algebraist
algebraization
algebraization
noun
(mathematics) conversion to algebraic form
algebraize
algebraize
verb
(transitive) To perform by algebra; to reduce to algebraic form.
algebraized
algebraized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of algebraize
algebraizing
algebraizing
verb
present participle of algebraize
algebrization
algebrization
noun
(mathematics) Alternative form of algebraization
ambergris
ambergris
noun
A solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish color, produced in the intestines of the sperm whale. It is used in perfumes.
ambergrises
ambergrises
noun
plural of ambergris
ambisporangiate
anemobiagraph
angiotribe
angiotribe
noun
An instrument for controlling hemorrhages
annabergite
annabergite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral consisting of a hydrous nickel arsenate, chemical formula Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O, with an apple-green colour.
antiblennorrhagic
antiblennorrhagic
adj
(pharmacology) Countering or preventing blennorrhoea.
noun
(pharmacology) Any medicine that counters or prevents blennorrhoea.
antibourgeois
antibourgeois
adj
(sociology) Opposed to the bourgeoisie.
antibreakage
antibreakage
adj
Preventing breakage.
antiburgher
antiburgher
noun
(historical, Scotland) A member of a faction of the Scottish Presbyterian Church that refused to take the burgess oath in 1747; since reunited.
antirebating
antirebating
adj
Preventing insurance agents from sharing commission money with insured parties.
arbitrage
arbitrage
noun
(archaic) Arbitration.
(finance) A market activity in which a security, commodity, currency or other tradable item is bought in one market and sold simultaneously in another, in order to profit from price differences between the markets.
verb
(intransitive, finance) To employ arbitrage
(transitive, finance) To engage in arbitrage in, between, or among
arbitrager
arbitrager
noun
(finance) One who participates in arbitrage.
arbitragers
arbitragers
noun
plural of arbitrager
arbitrages
arbitrages
noun
plural of arbitrage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arbitrage
arbitrageur
arbitrageur
noun
(finance) One who engages in arbitrage, such as a financial broker or an investment bank.
arbitrageurs
arbitrageurs
noun
plural of arbitrageur
arglebargling
arraignable
arraignable
adj
(law) Capable of being arraigned.
(law) For which a person is liable to be arraigned.
arraignableness
astrobiologies
aubergine
aubergine
noun
(Britain) An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.
(Britain) The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
(color) A dark purple colour; eggplant.
aubergiste
aubergiste
noun
An innkeeper or landlord in French-speaking countries.
aubergistes
aubergistes
noun
plural of aubergiste
autobiographer
autobiographer
noun
One who writes his or her own life or biography.
autobiographers
autobiographers
noun
plural of autobiographer
autobiographies
autobiographies
noun
plural of autobiography
azygobranchiate
backbearing
backbreaking
backbreaking
adj
(figuratively) Of work, very physically tiring.
backscattering
backscattering
noun
(physics) The scattering of waves, particles, or signals back in the direction of their source.
verb
present participle of backscatter
bacterioagglutinin
bacterioagglutinin
noun
(medicine) An antibody which causes agglutination of bacteria.