(by extension) Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding any subject of dispute.
Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding the existence of a god or gods.
The view that absolute truth or ultimate certainty is unattainable, especially regarding knowledge not based on experience or perceivable phenomena.
The view that the existence of God or of all deities is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable.
agnosticisms
agnosticisms
noun
plural of agnosticism
agomensin
agomphiasis
agomphiasis
noun
Looseness of the teeth.
agomphious
agomphious
adj
toothless
agomphosis
agomphosis
Noun
Looseness of the teeth.
agrimonies
agrimonies
noun
plural of agrimony
agronomics
agronomics
noun
The science of soil management and the production of field crops.
agronomies
agronomies
noun
plural of agronomy
agronomist
agronomist
noun
A scientist whose speciality is agronomy.
agronomists
agronomists
noun
plural of agronomist
albuminogenous
albuminogenous
adj
Forming albumen.
algesiometer
algiomuscular
algoesthesiometer
algometries
algorism
algorism
noun
Obsolete spelling of algorithm (all senses)
algorismic
algorismic
adj
Obsolete form of algorithmic.
algorisms
algorisms
noun
plural of algorism
algorithms
algorithms
noun
plural of algorithm
allegorism
allegorism
noun
(theology) The belief that the primary value and significance of what is earthly and tangible is the way it points to the divine.
The use of allegory.
allogamies
alogism
alogism
noun
(art) An absurd or nonsensical element deliberately added to a work that belongs to the alogism movement.
(art) An early 20th century movement in painting and writing, emerging from the Russian avant-garde, which made use of antirational or nonsensical elements.
An inconsistency or arbitrary situation that follows no logical pattern.
An irrational statement or line of argument; a logical error.
Irrationality; the rejection of logical thinking as a means of approaching truth.
alteregoism
alteregoism
noun
altruism as a result of the identification of others with oneself
amalgamationist
amalgamations
amalgamations
noun
plural of amalgamation
ambagiosity
ambagiosity
noun
The quality of being ambagious.
ambagious
ambagious
adj
Indefinite.
Roundabout; vague.
ambagiously
ambagiously
adv
In an ambagious manner.
ambagiousness
ambagiousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambagious.
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.
ambiguous
ambiguous
adj
(obsolete, of persons) Hesitant; uncertain; not taking sides.
Open to multiple interpretations.
ambiguously
ambiguously
adv
In an ambiguous manner.
ambiguousness
ambiguousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambiguous; ambiguity
ambisporangiate
amblygonites
amblygonites
noun
plural of amblygonite
amidogens
amidogens
noun
plural of amidogen
amigos
amigos
noun
plural of amigo
amishgo
amornings
amornings
adv
(obsolete) In the mornings.
amortising
amortising
verb
present participle of amortise
ampelographist
ampelographist
noun
One who studies ampelography.
amphibologies
amphibologies
noun
plural of amphibology
amphibologism
amphicarpogenous
amphigamous
amphigamous
adj
(botany) Having an entirely cellular structure and no distinct sexual organs.
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.
amphigonous
amphigonous
adj
(biology) Relating to both parents.
amphigories
amphigories
noun
plural of amphigory
amphigouris
amphilogism
amphisporangiate
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
amygdaloids
amygdaloids
noun
plural of amygdaloid
amygdalothripsis
amylogenesis
amylogenesis
noun
The formation of starch.
anagignoskomena
analogism
analogism
noun
(logic) An argument from cause to effect; an a priori argument.
The investigation of things by the analogy they bear to each other.
anapterygotism
anastomosing
anastomosing
adj
(geology) Networked into irregularly branching and reconnecting veins of ore.
(mycology) Fused together in a vein-like network; used to describe mushroom gills that are interconnected with veins.
verb
present participle of anastomose
anatomicophysiologic
anatomicophysiological
anatomicophysiological
adj
Relating to anatomy and physiology.
anatomicosurgical
anatomicosurgical
adj
Relating to anatomy and surgery.
anatomising
anatomising
verb
present participle of anatomise
androgynism
androgynism
noun
hermaphroditism
androsporangium
androsporangium
noun
A sporangium for androspores.
anemologies
angiodermatitis
angiodermatitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the blood vessels of the skin
angiolymphitis
angiomas
angiomas
noun
plural of angioma
angiomatosis
angiomatosis
noun
(medicine) A rare genetic non-neoplastic condition presenting with little knots of capillaries in various organs.
angiomatous
angiomatous
adj
Relating to an angioma.
angiomyosarcoma
angioneoplasm
angiosarcoma
angiosarcoma
noun
(oncology) Any malignant tumour of vascular tissue
angiospasm
angiospasm
noun
(medicine) Spasmodic contraction of the blood vessel.
angiosperm
angiosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
angiospermae
angiospermal
angiospermal
adj
angiospermous
angiospermatous
angiospermatous
adj
Alternative form of angiospermous
angiospermic
angiospermic
adj
Relating to angiosperms
angiospermous
angiospermous
adj
(botany) Having seeds enclosed in a pod or other pericarp.
angiosperms
angiosperms
noun
plural of angiosperm
angiostomize
angiostomy
angiostomy
noun
(surgery) The formation of an opening into a blood vessel, typically by means of a cannula
angiosymphysis
anglocatholicism
anglophilism
angoumois
angoumois
Proper noun
A former county and province of France, nearly corresponding to the modern-day Charente département, with Angoulême as its capital.
anisogamete
anisogamete
noun
(biology) heterogamete
anisogametes
anisogametes
noun
plural of anisogamete
anisogametic
anisogamic
anisogamic
adj
(biology) Relating to anisogamy.
anisogamies
anisogamous
anisogamous
adj
being married to someone whose age differs by an unusually large degree from one's own.
having a sexual partner whose age differs by an unusually large degree from one's own.
anisogamy
anisogamy
noun
(cytology) Sexual reproduction involving the union or fusion of two dissimilar gametes.
A form of sexual bonding involving partners of unusually widely differing ages.
anisognathism
anorganism
antagonism
antagonism
noun
A strong natural dislike or hatred; antipathy.
antagonisms
antagonisms
noun
plural of antagonism
anthropoclimatologist
anthropomorphising
anthropomorphising
verb
present participle of anthropomorphise
anthropophagism
antidogmatism
antidogmatism
noun
Opposition to dogma.
antidogmatist
antiegoism
antiegotism
antiferromagnetism
antiferromagnetism
noun
(physics) a phenomenon, similar to ferromagnetism, in which magnetic domains line up in a regular pattern, but with neighbouring electron spins pointing in opposite directions; materials showing this effect are either ferrimagnetic or diamagnetic, and become paramagnetic above the Neel temperature
antiforeignism
antiforeignism
noun
antiforeign attitudes
antighostism
antilogarithms
antilogarithms
noun
plural of antilogarithm
antilogism
antilogism
noun
(logic) A false syllogism in which two premises contradict the third
antimiscegenation
antimiscegenation
adj
(US, law) Against mixing or blending; especially, against the mixing or blending of races in marriage or breeding.
antinegroism
antinegroism
noun
A prejudice against black people.
antismog
antismog
adj
That counters the effects of smog.
That reduce the production of pollutants that cause smog.
antismoking
antismoking
adj
Opposing or prohibiting smoking, particularly the smoking of tobacco
apogamies
apogeotropism
apogeotropism
noun
(botany) An apogeotropic tendency.
apophlegmatism
apophlegmatism
noun
(obsolete) An apophlegmatic medicine.
(obsolete) The action of apophlegmatics.
apophthegmatist
apophthegmatist
noun
Alternative form of apothegmatist
apothegmatist
apothegmatist
noun
A collector or maker of apothegms.
apterygiformes
archaeomagnetism
archaeomagnetism
noun
(geology, physics) Magnetism of the Earth in the geologic past; the measurement of this magnetism in order to date a specimen.