The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope.
The fact of being without qualifications or conditions; certainty, unconditionality.
absolvent
absolvent
adj
(rare) Absolving.
noun
(rare) An absolver.
absorbefacient
absorbefacient
adj
(medicine) Inducing or increasing absorption (of a drug).
noun
(medicine) Any such medicine that induces absorption.
absorbent
absorbent
adj
Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive.
noun
(chemistry) A liquid used in the process of separating gases or volatile liquids, in oil refining.
(medicine) Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance, e.g., iodine, which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.
(physiology, pluralized, now rare) The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.
Anything which absorbs.
absorbents
absorbents
noun
plural of absorbent
absorptance
absorptance
noun
(optics, physics) Absorbed radiation and incident radiation in a ratio format; a measurement that shows how well a surface absorbs radiation.
absorptances
absorptances
noun
plural of absorptance
absorptiveness
absorptiveness
noun
The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.
abstained
abstained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abstain
abstainer
abstainer
noun
Agent noun of abstain; one who abstains; especially, one who abstains from something, such as the use of alcohol or drugs, or one who abstains for religious reasons; one who practices self-denial.
abstainers
abstainers
noun
plural of abstainer
abstainment
abstainment
noun
(rare) An act of abstaining; an abstention.
abstemiousness
abstemiousness
noun
The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing, particularly in the use of food and strong drinks.
abstention
abstention
noun
(obsolete) The act of restraining oneself.
Non-participation in the political world; as a country avoiding international affairs.
The act of abstaining or refraining (from).
The act of declining to vote on a particular issue.
abstentionism
abstentionism
noun
A policy of abstaining or of the desirability of withholding one's vote or other participation with regard to some aspect of the political process.
abstentionist
abstentionist
adj
relating to or in accordance with abstentionism.
noun
A practitioner or advocate of not getting involved politically.
abstentions
abstentions
noun
plural of abstention
abstentious
abstentious
adj
Characterized by abstinence; self-restraint.
abstergent
abstergent
adj
Cleansing, detergent.
noun
A substance used to cleanse; a detergent.
absterging
absterging
verb
present participle of absterge
abstersion
abstersion
noun
(archaic) Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.
abstersiveness
abstersiveness
noun
The quality of being abstersive.
abstertion
abstinence
abstinence
noun
(business) Delay of spending to accrue capital.
(ecclesiastical) Abstention from certain foods on days of penitential observance.
(obsolete) Self-denial; abstaining; or forebearance of anything.
Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating/alcoholic beverages; total abstinence; teetotalism).
Specifically, the practice of abstaining from sexual intercourse, either permanently or until marriage.
The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.
The practice of self-denial; self-restraint; forebearance from anything.
abstinences
abstinences
noun
plural of abstinence
abstinency
abstinency
noun
(rare) Alternative form of abstinence
abstinent
abstinent
adj
Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite.
noun
(usually capitalized, religion, historical) One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3rd century, and believed in abstinence from meat and sex.
One who abstains; a faster.
abstinential
abstinential
adj
of or pertaining to abstinence
abstinently
abstinently
adv
With abstinence.
abstractedness
abstractedness
noun
The state of being abstracted; abstract character.
abstractiveness
abstractiveness
noun
The property of being abstractive.
abstractness
abstractness
noun
The quality of being abstract.
abstractnesses
abstractnesses
noun
plural of abstractness
abstrahent
abstruseness
abstruseness
noun
The property of being abstruse; abstrusity.
abstrusenesses
abstrusenesses
noun
plural of abstruseness
abutments
abutments
noun
plural of abutment
abyssobenthonic
acceptableness
acceptableness
noun
The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.
accountabilities
accountabilities
noun
plural of accountability
accountableness
accountableness
noun
The quality or state of being accountable; accountability.
adaptableness
adaptableness
noun
The state or quality of being adaptable; adaptability.
adenoblast
adenoblast
noun
(cytology) An embryonic cell that can develop to form glandular parenchyma
administrable
administrable
adj
Able to be administered
adsorbent
adsorbent
adj
Tending to adsorb.
noun
The solid or liquid in the process of adsorption on which the adsorbate accumulates.
adsorbents
adsorbents
noun
plural of adsorbent
afterburners
afterburners
noun
plural of afterburner
alabastrine
alabastrine
adj
Of, pertaining to, or like, alabaster.
albategnius
albertson
albescent
albescent
adj
Becoming white or whitish; moderately white.
albeston
albumenisation
alienabilities
alienabilities
noun
plural of alienability
alkylbenzenesulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonates
alphabetisation
alphabetisation
noun
The act or process of arranging in alphabetical order.
alphabetising
alphabetising
verb
present participle of alphabetise
alterableness
alterableness
noun
The state or quality of being alterable.
ambidextrousness
ambidextrousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambidextrous.
ambients
ambients
noun
plural of ambient
ambisinister
ambisinister
adj
(rare) Awkward or clumsy with both hands.
ambisporangiate
ambitendencies
ambitendencies
noun
plural of ambitendency
ambitionless
ambitionless
adj
Without ambition or motivation
ambitionlessly
ambitionlessly
adv
Without ambition.
ambitiousness
ambitiousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambitious.
amblygonites
amblygonites
noun
plural of amblygonite
ambulantes
ambushment
ambushment
noun
(obsolete) An ambush
ambushments
ambushments
noun
plural of ambushment
anabohitsite
anabohitsite
noun
(mineralogy) An olivine- and hornblende-bearing pyroxenite mineral.
analphabetism
analphabetism
noun
Illiteracy, the inability to read and write.
analphabets
analphabets
noun
plural of analphabet
anatomisable
anisobranchiate
answerability
answerability
noun
The state of being answerable.
antabuse
antabuse
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Antabuse
antagonisable
antagonisable
adj
Alternative form of antagonizable
antebaptismal
antechambers
antechambers
noun
plural of antechamber
antialbumose
antibes
antibes
Proper noun
A resort town on the Côte d'Azur in the Alpes-Maritimes department of southeastern France.