(biology) Loss during evolution of the final stages of the ancestral ontogenetic pattern.
(linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole, utilizing omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @.
(mathematics) Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.
(music) A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp or mf.
(music) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers.
Any convenient short form used as a substitution for an understood or inferred whole.
The process of abbreviating.
The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment.
abbreviations
abbreviations
noun
plural of abbreviation
abortiveness
abortiveness
noun
(countable) The result or product of being abortive.
(uncountable) The quality of being abortive.
absorptiveness
absorptiveness
noun
The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.
acervation
acervation
noun
(obsolete, rare) A heaping up; accumulation
adenoviral
adenoviral
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or caused by an adenovirus
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
adsorptiveness
adsorptiveness
noun
The property of being adsorptive, of tending toward or being characterized by adsorption.
adverbiation
adversion
adversion
noun
(obsolete) An adverting or turning towards; attention.
A tendency or wish to avoid someone or something.
affrontive
affrontive
adj
Tending to affront or offend.
affrontiveness
affrontiveness
noun
The state or quality of being affrontive.
aftervision
aggravation
aggravation
noun
(informal) Provocation, irritation, annoyance.
An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
Exaggerated representation.
The act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences.
aggravations
aggravations
noun
plural of aggravation
alcovinometer
alniviridol
alternativo
ambiversion
ambiversion
noun
(psychology) A personality trait having balanced characteristics of both extroversion and introversion.
ambiversions
aminovaleric
anarchoindividualist
anchorville
andersonville
angiocavernous
animadversion
animadversion
noun
(countable) A criticism, a critical remark.
(uncountable) The state or characteristic of being animadversive.
animadversional
animadversional
adj
Of or relating to animadversion.
animadversions
animadversions
noun
plural of animadversion
animalivora
animalivore
animalivore
noun
A creature that eats animals
animalivorous
animalivorous
adj
That eats (other) animals
antananarivo
antananarivo
Proper noun
The capital city of Madagascar.
anterevolutional
anterevolutionary
anteversion
anteversion
noun
(medicine) The state or condition of being anteverted.