(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder
aborsive
aborsive
adj
(obsolete) abortive from the first.
abortiveness
abortiveness
noun
(countable) The result or product of being abortive.
(uncountable) The quality of being abortive.
abovesaid
abovesaid
adj
Mentioned or recited before.
abovestairs
abovestairs
noun
Alternative form of above stairs.
absolutive
absolutive
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to the grammatical case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action.
(rare) Of, exhibiting, or pertaining to absolution; absolutory, absolving.
noun
(grammar) An uninflected verb form used to indicate another action performed by the subject of the principal verb.
(grammar) The absolutive case, or a phrase that uses it.
absolving
absolving
verb
present participle of absolve
absolvitor
absolvitor
noun
(Scotland, law) A decision or decree made by a court in favour of the defendant in a given action; dismissal.
absolvitory
absolvitory
adj
Of or pertaining to a dismissal or an acquittal.
absorptive
absorptive
adj
Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.
noun
Any substance that absorbs.
absorptively
absorptively
adv
In an absorptive way.
absorptiveness
absorptiveness
noun
The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.
absorptivity
absorptivity
noun
(analytical chemistry) The constant a in the Beer's law relation A = abc, where A is the absorbance, b the path length, and c the concentration of solution. Also known as absorptive power. Formerly known as absorbency index; absorption constant; extinction coefficient.
(thermodynamics) The fraction of radiation absorbed by a surface to the total radiation incident on the surface.
The quality of being absorptive; absorptiveness.
acclivitous
acclivitous
adj
Acclivous
acclivous
acclivous
adj
sloping upward; rising like a hillside.
accommodativeness
accommodativeness
noun
The state or quality of being accommodative.
activations
activations
noun
plural of activation
activators
activators
noun
plural of activator
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
adsorptive
adsorptive
adj
Pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption.
noun
Any substance that adsorbs.
adsorptively
adsorptively
adv
In an adsorptive manner; with a tendency toward or characteristic of adsorption.
adsorptiveness
adsorptiveness
noun
The property of being adsorptive, of tending toward or being characterized by adsorption.
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
adversifoliate
adversifoliate
adj
(botany) Having leaves placed opposite each other on a stem.
adversifolious
adversifolious
adj
Synonym of adversifoliate
adversion
adversion
noun
(obsolete) An adverting or turning towards; attention.
A tendency or wish to avoid someone or something.
advertorials
advertorials
noun
plural of advertorial
advisatory
advisatory
adj
(law) Advisory.
adviso
adviso
noun
(obsolete) An advice boat or dispatch boat.
(obsolete) An advisory; information; advice; intelligence.
advisor
advisor
noun
(xiangqi) A xiangqi piece, that is moved one point diagonally and confined within the palace.
One who offers advice.
advisories
advisories
noun
plural of advisory
advisorily
advisorily
adv
By way of advice.
advisors
advisors
noun
plural of advisor
advisory
advisory
adj
Able to give advice.
Containing advice; advising.
advocacies
advocacies
noun
plural of advocacy
advocateship
advocateship
noun
(now rare) The office or function of an advocate; advocacy.
advocations
advocations
noun
plural of advocation
aeolsklavier
aeolsklavier
noun
(music, historical) A modification of the aeolodicon, having wooden reeds or springs, and a pedal which triggered a set of bellows (one for each note) and produced a soft and ethereal sound.
aestivation
aestivation
noun
(biology) A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
(botany) The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration.
(obsolete) The spending or passing of a summer.
aestivations
aestivations
noun
plural of aestivation
aestivator
aestivator
noun
An animal that becomes dormant during the summer or dry season.
affrontiveness
affrontiveness
noun
The state or quality of being affrontive.
aftervision
aggravations
aggravations
noun
plural of aggravation
akimovsky
algivorous
algivorous
adj
(biology) algae-eating
alleviations
alleviations
noun
plural of alleviation
alleviators
alleviators
noun
plural of alleviator
alluvions
alluvions
noun
plural of alluvion
alluvious
alluvious
adj
(archaic) alluvial
almoravides
alveolites
alveolitis
alveolitis
noun
(medicine) An inflammation of a dental alveolus (tooth socket).
(medicine) An inflammation of the alveoli in the lungs.
alveoloclasia
alveoloclasia
noun
The destruction of an alveolus
alviducous
alviso
ambilaevous
ambilaevous
adj
Alternative spelling of ambilevous
ambilevous
ambilevous
adj
(rare) Having equally bad ability in both hands; clumsy; butterfingered.
ambiversion
ambiversion
noun
(psychology) A personality trait having balanced characteristics of both extroversion and introversion.
ambiversions
amphivorous
amvrakikos
anarchoindividualist
anchovies
anchovies
noun
plural of anchovy
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
animalivorous
animalivorous
adj
That eats (other) animals
annotativeness
annotativeness
noun
The property of being annotative.
anovesical
anovesical
adj
Relating to the anus and urinary bladder.
ansonville
anteversion
anteversion
noun
(medicine) The state or condition of being anteverted.
One who opposes conservative attitudes or politics.
anticonservatively
anticonservativeness
anticonservativeness
noun
The condition of being anticonservative
anticonventionalism
anticonventionalism
noun
The quality of being anticonventional; rejection of conventions or norms.
anticonventionalist
anticonvulsant
anticonvulsant
adj
(pharmacology) Acting as an anticonvulsant.
noun
(pharmacology) An agent that prevents, stops, or lessens convulsions.
anticonvulsive
anticonvulsive
adj
(pharmacology) Acting against or serving to prevent convulsions.
noun
(pharmacology) Any anticonvulsant drug.
anticorrosive
anticorrosive
adj
Preventing or counteracting corrosion.
noun
An agent that prevents or stops corrosion.
anticorrosively
anticorrosiveness
anticorrosives
anticorrosives
noun
plural of anticorrosive
antieavesdropping
antienvironmentalism
antienvironmentalist
antienvironmentalists
antierosive
antievolutionist
antievolutionist
noun
A person who believes, or argues, that evolution does not take place.
antievolutionistic
antinovelist
antinovelist
noun
(literature) A writer of antinovels.
antinovels
antinovels
noun
plural of antinovel
antiproductiveness
antiprogressive
antiprogressive
noun
One who opposes progress.
antireservationist
antireservationist
noun
A person of antireservation beliefs (in either sense).
antirevisionist
antirevisionist
noun
(historiography) One who opposes revisionism.
antirevolutionaries
antirevolutionaries
noun
plural of antirevolutionary
antirevolutionist
antirevolutionist
noun
Synonym of antirevolutionary
antisubversion
antisubversion
adj
Opposing or countering political subversion.
antivaccinationist
antivaccinationist
adj
Characterized by opposition to vaccination.
noun
One who opposes vaccination.
antivariolous
antivariolous
adj
(pharmacology) Preventing the spread of smallpox.
antivenomous
antivenomous
adj
(pharmacology, immunology) acting against venom
antivivisection
antivivisection
adj
opposed to vivisection
antivivisectionist
antivivisectionist
adj
characterized by opposition to vivisection
of or relating to such a person
noun
an individual opposed to the practice of vivisection
antivivisectionists
antivivisectionists
noun
plural of antivivisectionist
antonovics
antroversion
antroversion
noun
Alternative form of anteroversion.
anviltops
aphidivorous
aphidivorous
adj
(zoology) Feeding on aphids.
apivorous
apivorous
adj
That feeds on bees
applosive
applosive
noun
(phonology) An unreleased plosive, denoted ◌̚ in the IPA.
appositive
appositive
adj
of or being in apposition
noun
(grammar) a word or phrase that is in apposition
appositively
appositively
adv
In an appositive manner.
appositives
appositives
noun
plural of appositive
approbativeness
approbativeness
noun
The state or quality of being approbative.
appropriativeness
appropriativeness
noun
The state or quality of being appropriative.
approximativeness
approximativeness
noun
The state or quality of being approximative.
arborvitaes
arborvitaes
noun
plural of arborvitae
arbovirus
arbovirus
noun
(pathology, virology) Any virus that is transmitted by an arthropod.
arboviruses
arboviruses
noun
plural of arbovirus
archvisitor
arfvedsonite
arfvedsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare sodium amphibole mineral.
ariboflavinosis
ariboflavinosis
noun
(pathology) The medical condition caused by deficiency of riboflavin.
ariovistus
arnoldsville
arrosive
arrosive
adj
gnawing; chewing; corroding
arsonvalization
arteriovenous
arteriovenous
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the arteries and the veins
arterioversion
arthrosynovitis
arthrosynovitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the synovial membrane of a joint
arvicolous
arvicolous
adj
Synonym of arvicoline
asseveration
asseveration
noun
An earnest affirmation; a declaration of support.
asseverations
asseverations
noun
plural of asseveration
associative
associative
adj
(algebra, of a binary operator *) Such that, for any operands a,b and c, (a*b)*c=a*(b*c); (of a ring, etc.) whose multiplication operation is associative.
(computing) Addressable by a key more complex than an integer index.
Pertaining to, resulting from, or characterised by association; capable of associating; tending to associate or unite.
associatively
associatively
adv
In an associative way.
associativeness
associativeness
noun
(mathematics) The condition of being associative
associativity
associativity
noun
(algebra) The condition of being associative.
(programming) The property of an operator which determines how it is grouped with operators of the same precedence in the absence of parentheses.