A unit of electromagnetic charge equal to ten coulombs.
abdominous
abdominous
Adjective
Having a protuberant belly; potbellied.
abecedarium
abelmoschus
abelmusk
abjurement
abjurement
Noun
Renunciation
abnormous
abnormous
Adjective
Abnormal; irregular; misshapen.
abnumerable
abomasum
abomasum
Noun
The fourth or digestive compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant, after the omasum.
abomasus
abomasusi
abouchement
abraum
abraum
Noun
A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium.
abrotanum
abrotanum
Noun
A bushy wormwood from Europe, sometimes used in the brewing of beer. 1976, southernwood, Artemisia abrotanum.
abscoulomb
absinthium
absolutism
absolutism
Noun
Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner.
The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.
Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute.
Positiveness; the state of being absolute.
The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope; absoluteness.
absolutisms
abstemious
abstemious
Adjective
Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation.
Marked by, or spent in, abstinence
Promotive of abstemiousness.
abstemiously
abstemiously
Adverb
Marked by abstinence or restraint, especially in relation to food or drink.
abstemiousness
abstemiousness
Noun
The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing, particularly in the use of food and strong drinks.
absume
absume
Verb
To consume gradually; to waste away.
absumption
absumption
Noun
Gradual destruction or disintegration; wasting away.
absurdism
absurdism
Noun
A philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational and that any attempt to impose order will ultimately fail.
Absurdity, something that is absurd
absurdum
absurdum
Noun
An illogical conclusion or state.
abulomania
abumbral
abumbrellar
abutment
abutment
Noun
The point of junction between two things, in particular a support, that abuts.
The solid portion of a structure that supports the lateral pressure of an arch or vault.
A construction that supports the ends of a bridge; a structure that anchors the cables on a suspension bridge.
Something that abuts, or on which something abuts.
The state of abutting.
That element that shares a common boundary or surface with its neighbor.
The tooth that supports a denture or bridge.
A fixed point or surface where resistance is obtained.
abutments
academus
acanthopomatous
acaridomatium
acarocecidium
accismus
accismus
Noun
Feigning disinterest in something while actually desiring it.
acclimature
acclimature
Noun
The act of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated.
accouchement
accouchements
accountment
accountment
Noun
Responsibility.
accountrement
accouplement
accouplement
Noun
The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union
That which couples, as a tie or brace
accouterment
accouterment
Noun
The act of accoutering.
An article of clothing or equipment, in particular when used as an accessory.
apparatus needed for a task or journey.
Equipment other than weapons and uniform.
trappings.
An identifying yet superficial characteristic.
accouterments
accoutrement
accoutrement
Noun
The act of accoutering.
An article of clothing or equipment, in particular when used as an accessory.
apparatus needed for a task or journey.
Equipment other than weapons and uniform.
trappings.
An identifying yet superficial characteristic.
accoutrements
accruement
accruement
Noun
The act of accruing.
accruements
accubitum
accubitum
Noun
A bench or sofa for reclining at a table.
A round dining table.
A dining hall or refectory.
accum
accumb
accumb
Verb
To recline, as at table.
accumbency
accumbency
Noun
The state of being accumbent or reclining.
accumbent
accumbent
Adjective
Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.
Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf
Noun
One who rests in an accumbent position, especially at table.
accumber
accumber
Verb
To encumber; to crush; to overwhelm.
accumulable
accumulable
Adjective
Able to be accumulated.
accumulate
accumulate
Verb
To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass.
To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.
Adjective
Collected; accumulated.
accumulated
accumulates
accumulating
accumulation
accumulation
Noun
The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
A mass of something piled up or collected.
The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.
accumulations
accumulativ
accumulative
accumulative
Adjective
Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass; cumulative; additional.
Having a propensity to amass; acquisitive.
accumulatively
accumulatively
Adverb
In an accumulative manner
accumulativeness
accumulativeness
Noun
The state or qualities of being accumulative.
accumulator
accumulator
Noun
One who, or that which, accumulates.
A wet-cell storage battery.
A collective bet on successive events, with both stake and winnings being carried forward to accumulate progressively.
A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.
A vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam.
A container which stores hydraulic power for release, in the form of a pressurized fluid (often suspended within a larger tank of fluid under pressure).
A register in a calculator or computer used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or data transfer.
A derivative contract under which the seller commits to sell shares of an underlying security at a certain strike price, which the buyer is obligated to buy.
accumulators
accustom
accustom
Verb
To make familiar by use; to cause to accept; to habituate, familiarize, or inure.
To be wont.
To cohabit.
Noun
Custom.
accustomation
accustomation
Noun
The process of becoming accustomed to something; habituation.
accustomed
accustomed
Adjective
(of a person) Familiar with something through repeated experience; adapted to existing conditions.
(of a thing, condition, activity, etc.) Familiar through use; usual; customary.
Frequented by customers.
accustomedly
accustomedly
Adverb
In an accustomed manner.
accustomedness
accustomedness
Noun
Habituation; the quality of being used to something.
accustoming
accustomize
accustomize
Verb
To learn to adapt one's lifestyle to a new or changed environment.
accustomized
accustomizing
accustoms
aceratherium
acessamenus
acetabuliform
acetabuliform
Adjective
Shaped like a saucer or shallow cup.
acetabulum
acetabulum
Noun
a vinegar cup;
the socket of the hipbone;
a measure of about one eighth of a pint
The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone.
The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.
A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.
The large posterior sucker of the leeches.
One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.
acetabulums
acetonurometer
acetum
achenium
achenium
Noun
achene
achenodium
achlamydeous
achlamydeous
Adjective
having no perianth
achromatium
achromatous
achromatous
Adjective
Lacking normal colour; colourless
achromaturia
achromaturia
Noun
The lack of pigments (especially bile pigments) in the urine
achromophilous
achromous
achromous
Adjective
colorless; achromatic
achymous
achymous
Adjective
Without chyme.
aciculum
aciculums
acidalium
acoelomatous
acoelomous
acomous
aconitum
aconitums
acontium
acouasm
acouasm
Noun
The perception of ringing, buzzing or hissing sounds that are not really there
acoumeter
acoumeter
Noun
An instrument for measuring the acuteness of the sense of hearing.
acoumetry
acoumetry
Noun
The measuring of the power or extent of hearing
acouometer
acousma
acousma
Noun
Auditory hallucination
acousmas
acousmata
acousmatic
acousmatic
Adjective
Referring to a sound that has no visually identifiable cause.
Referring to Pythagorean disciples who for years listened to his lectures from behind a curtain, unable to see him.
Referring to pre-recorded music that is presented in concert using loudspeakers, e.g. some types of computer music.
acquiescement
acquirement
acquirement
Noun
Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment.
The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition.
acquirements
acquisitum
acquitment
acquitment
Noun
Acquittal.
acridinium
acridinium
Noun
Any cation produced by protonation of an acridine.
acridium
acridonium
acrimonious
acrimonious
Adjective
angry, acid, and sharp in delivering argumentative replies: bitter; mean-spirited; sharp in language or tone.
acrimoniously
acrimoniously
Adverb
In an acrimonious manner; with acrimony.
acrimoniousness
acrimoniousness
Noun
The quality of being acrimonious.
acroclinium
acroconidium
acrodactylum
acrodactylum
Noun
The upper surface of a toe
acrodromous
acrogamous
acromioclavicular
acromioclavicular
Adjective
Pertaining to both the acromion and the clavicle.
acromiohumeral
acromioscapular
acromphalus
acromyodous
acromyotonus
acronymous
acronymous
Adjective
Pertaining to the use of acronyms.
acropodium
acropodium
Noun
A plinth or pedestal bearing a statue
The upper surface of the foot
acrorrheuma
acrosarcum
acrostichum
acrostolium
acrotarsium
acrotarsium
Noun
The instep or front of the tarsus.
acroterium
acroterium
Noun
One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment, or upon the gables in Gothic architecture.
One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade.
acrotomous
acrotomous
Adjective
Having a cleavage parallel with the base.
acrydium
actinium
actiniums
actinodromous
actinomorphous
actinomorphous
Adjective
Having petals arranged in a radially symmetric pattern.
actinomycesous
actinomycetous
actinomycetous
Adjective
Of or relating to actinomycetes.
actinosphaerium
actinotrichium
actinotrichium
Noun
Any of a group of hairlike fibres in the finfolds of fish larvae that develop into fin rays
actinouranium
actium
actium
Proper noun
a promontory of Acarnania in Ancient Greece where and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian in a naval battle in 31 BC
actualism
actualism
Noun
Belief that actuality and existence are co‐extensive: i.e., that only actual things exist, that there are not, in addition to the actual, any possibility (possible entities).