(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and to the genitals.
abridgement
abridgement
noun
(chiefly UK) Alternative form of abridgment
abridgements
abridgements
noun
plural of abridgement
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
academising
academising
verb
present participle of academise
academizing
academizing
verb
present participle of academize
accommodatingness
acknowledgement
acknowledgement
noun
(most common British spelling, also sometimes used in the US) Alternative spelling of acknowledgment
acknowledgements
acknowledgements
noun
plural of acknowledgement
acknowledgment
acknowledgment
noun
(law) A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfillment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure.
(law) The act of a person admitting a child as their own.
(telecommunications, computing, networking) A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission (See Wikipedia article on transmission).
A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood.
A recognition as genuine or valid; an avowing or admission in legal form.
A reward or other expression or token of gratitude.
An expression of gratitude for a benefit or an obligation.
The act of acknowledging
The act of recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition of existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
acknowledgments
acknowledgments
noun
plural of acknowledgment
adeeming
adeeming
verb
present participle of adeem
adenomeningeal
adenophlegmon
adenophlegmon
noun
(obsolete, pathology) inflammation of a lymph gland
adjudgment
adjudgment
noun
The action of imposing judgment.
admarginate
admarginate
verb
(archaic) To write in the margin.
admeasuring
admeasuring
verb
present participle of admeasure
administering
administering
noun
administration
verb
present participle of administer
administerings
administerings
noun
plural of administering
adrenalectomizing
adrenalectomizing
verb
present participle of adrenalectomize
aegemony
aegithognathism
aenigma
aenigmatite
aenigmatite
noun
(mineralogy) An inosilicate mineral of sodium, iron, and titanium, forming brown to black triclinic lamellar crystals.
aeromagnetic
aeromagnetic
adj
Of or pertaining to aeromagnetics
affreightment
affreightment
noun
(nautical) The act of hiring, or the contract for use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.
affrightment
affrightment
noun
(archaic) Fright; fear; alarm; the fact or state of being frightened.
(obsolete) A cause of fear.
(obsolete) The action of frightening or terrifying; intimidation.
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.
aftercoming
aftercoming
adj
(obstetrics) Specifically, of a baby's head: following the rest of the body out of the womb, rather than (as is usual) preceding it.
Succeeding, following.
noun
A following state, sequel, consequence, or result; an aftercome.
afterswarming
agamemnon
agammaglobulinemia
agammaglobulinemia
noun
(medicine) A condition in which gammaglobulins such as immunoglobulins are absent from the blood, or present only in low concentrations
agammaglobulinemic
agammaglobulinemic
adj
Relating to or exhibiting agammaglobulinemia.
noun
An individual with agammaglobulinemia.
agamogenesis
agamogenesis
noun
asexual reproduction
agamogenetic
agamogenetic
adj
Of or pertaining to agamogenesis.
agamogenetically
agamogenetically
adv
By means of agamogenesis.
agapemone
agapemone
Noun
The base of a religious sect established in Sussex by the Rev. Henry James Prince in the mid-19th century, or a successor establishment in London, which were associated with free love and polygamy.
Any community characterised by mutual love or free love.
agapemonian
agapemonist
agapemonite
agathodaemon
agathodaemon
noun
A benevolent spirit, as opposed to a cacodemon (an evil daemon).
agathodaemonic
agathodaemonic
adj
Relating to an agathodaemon.
agathodemon
agathodemon
noun
Alternative spelling of agathodaemon.
agendum
agendum
noun
(obsolete) A task which ought to be done.
(theology) Something to be done; a practical duty, rather than an article of faith.
agendums
agendums
noun
plural of agendum
aggiornamenti
aggiornamento
aggiornamento
noun
A bringing up to date, especially of the Roman Catholic Church by the Second Vatican Council of 1962-65; modernization.
agglomerant
agglomerant
adj
That causes agglomeration
agglomerating
agglomerating
verb
present participle of agglomerate
agglomeration
agglomeration
noun
(geography) An extended city area comprising the built-up area of a central city and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area.
(geology) a mass of large volcanic fragments bonded under heat.
State of being collected in a mass; a mass; cluster.
The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.
agglomerations
agglomerations
noun
plural of agglomeration
aggrandisement
aggrandisement
noun
(Britain) Alternative form of aggrandizement
aggrandizement
aggrandizement
Noun
The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement.
aggrandizements
aggrandizements
noun
plural of aggrandizement
aggrievement
aggrievement
noun
The state of being aggrieved.
aggroupment
aggroupment
noun
Arrangement in a group or in groups; grouping.
agilmente
agistment
agistment
noun
(historical) The taking and feeding of other people's cattle in the king's forests; the price paid for such a feeding.
A charge or rate against lands
The taking in by any one of other people's livestock to graze at a certain rate.
aglaonema
aglaonema
noun
Any of the genus Aglaonema of tropical foliage plants.
agmatine
agmatine
noun
(biochemistry) The amine (4-aminobutyl)guanidine which is a decarboxylation product of arginine and an intermediate in polyamine biosynthesis
agminate
agminate
adj
(biology) Grouped together.
agminated
agminated
adj
agminate
agname
agname
noun
An appellation over and above the given name and surname.
agnamed
agnamed
adj
Styled or called apart from given name and surname.
agnoetism
agnomen
agnomen
noun
An additional cognomen given, as an honour, to a Roman citizen.
agnomens
agnomens
noun
plural of agnomen
agomensin
agoranome
agoranome
noun
Alternative form of agoranomos
agreement
agreement
noun
(countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
(obsolete, chiefly in the plural) An agreeable quality.
(uncountable) A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.
(uncountable, law) A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.
(uncountable, linguistics, grammar) Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts.
agreements
agreements
noun
plural of agreement
agremens
agrement
agrement
noun
Obsolete form of agreement.
agrements
agrements
noun
plural of agrement
agrimonies
agrimonies
noun
plural of agrimony
agronome
agronome
noun
An agronomist.
agronomies
agronomies
noun
plural of agronomy
ahmednagar
airmonger
alarmingness
alarmingness
noun
The state or quality of being alarming.
albigensianism
albumenising
albumenising
verb
present participle of albumenise
albumenizing
albumenizing
verb
present participle of albumenize
albuminogenous
albuminogenous
adj
Forming albumen.
alchemising
alchemising
verb
present participle of alchemise
alchemizing
alchemizing
verb
present participle of alchemize
alemonger
alemonger
noun
(historical) A seller of ale.
alightment
alightment
noun
The act of alighting, or descending and settling.
alightments
alightments
noun
plural of alightment
alignment
alignment
noun
(astronomy) The conjunction of two celestial objects.
(bioinformatics) A way of arranging DNA, RNA or protein sequences in order to identify regions of similarity.
(role-playing games) In a roleplaying game, one of a set number of philosophical attitudes a character can take.
(transport) The precise route or course taken by a linear way (road, railway, footpath, etc.) between two points.
An alliance of factions.
An arrangement of items in a line.
The process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned; the condition of having its parts so adjusted.
alignments
alignments
noun
plural of alignment
alimenting
alimenting
verb
present participle of aliment
allagostemonous
allegement
allegement
noun
(archaic) Allegation.
allomerizing
almightiness
almightiness
noun
The state or quality of being almighty.
almonage
alongshoreman
alongshoreman
noun
(archaic) Alternative form of longshoreman
amagansett
ambagiousness
ambagiousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambagious.
ambigenal
ambigenous
ambigenous
adj
(botany) Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine and the inner petaloid.
ambiguousness
ambiguousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambiguous; ambiguity
ambisporangiate
amblygonite
amblygonite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral, a mixed fluoride and aluminophosphate of sodium and lithium that is an important ore of lithium.
amblygonites
amblygonites
noun
plural of amblygonite
ameliorating
ameliorating
verb
present participle of ameliorate
amenage
amending
amending
verb
present participle of amend
amercing
amercing
verb
present participle of amerce
americanising
americanizing
amidocyanogen
amidogen
amidogen
noun
(inorganic chemistry, dated) The amino radical, •NH₂, the neutral form of the amide ion −NH₂⁻, regardable as the ammonia molecule with one of its hydrogen atoms removed.
amidogens
amidogens
noun
plural of amidogen
amigen
aminogen
aminoguanidine
aminoguanidine
noun
(organic chemistry, medicine) An amino derivative of guanidine, used for the treatment of diabetic nephropathy under the name pimagedine
amnestying
amnestying
verb
present participle of amnesty
amnigenia
amoebogeniae
ampangabeite
ampangabeite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of samarskite
ampelograpny
amphicarpogenous
amphigaean
amphigean
amphigean
adj
Extending over all the zones of the Earth, from the tropics to the poles.
amphigen
amphigen
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) An element that in combination produces amphid salt; applied by Jöns Jacob Berzelius to oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and tellurium.
amphigene
amphigene
noun
(mineralogy) Leucite.
amphigenesis
amphigenesis
noun
(biology) Sexual generation; amphigony
amphigenetic
amphigenetic
adj
Relating to amphigenesis.
amphigenous
amphigenous
adj
(botany) Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as in the lichens.
(psychology, obsolete) Relating to a form of inversion where the desired partner may be either male or female, i.e. bisexuality.
amphigenously
amphigenously
adv
In an amphigenous manner.
amphisporangiate
amphogenic
amphogenic
adj
producing approximately equal numbers of male and female offspring
amphogenous
amphogeny
ampongue
amusingness
amusingness
noun
The state or quality of being amusing.
amygdaline
amygdaline
adj
Resembling or characteristic of almonds.
noun
Alternative form of amygdalin
amygdonitrile
amygdophenin
amylogen
amylogen
noun
The water-soluble part of granulose.
amylogenesis
amylogenesis
noun
The formation of starch.
amylogenic
amylogenic
adj
Forming starch; applied specifically to leucoplasts.
Of or pertaining to amylogen.
amylogens
anagignoskomena
anagrammatise
anagrammatise
verb
(transitive) To produce an anagram of; to transpose the letters of.
anagrammatised
anagrammatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatise
anagrammatize
anagrammatize
verb
Alternative spelling of anagrammatise
anagrammatized
anagrammatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatize