A unit of electromagnetic charge equal to ten coulombs.
abdominous
abdominous
adj
Having a protuberant belly; potbellied.
abelmoschus
abnormous
abnormous
adj
(archaic) Abnormal; irregular; misshapen.
abomasum
abomasum
noun
(biology, food) The fourth or digestive compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant, after the omasum;
the lining of said compartment, considered as a foodstuff.
abomasus
abomasus
noun
Alternative form of abomasum
abomasusi
abouchement
abrotanum
abrotanum
noun
A bushy wormwood from Europe, sometimes used in the brewing of beer., southernwood, Artemisia abrotanum.
abscoulomb
absolutism
absolutism
noun
(philosophy) Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute.
(political science, sociology) The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.
(rare) The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope; absoluteness.
(theology) Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner.
Positiveness; the state of being absolute.
absolutisms
absolutisms
noun
plural of absolutism
abstemious
abstemious
adj
(rare) Promotive of abstemiousness.
Marked by, or spent in, abstinence.
Refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet; abstinent, temperate.
Sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation.
abstemiously
abstemiously
adv
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.
absumption
absumption
noun
(obsolete) Destruction or disintegration, especially a gradual one; wasting away.
abulomania
abulomania
noun
Alternative form of aboulomania
acetabuliform
acetabuliform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a saucer or shallow cup.
adumbration
adumbration
noun
(countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
(countable, philosophy, specifically phenomenology) The form of an object as seen by an observer.
(countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
(specifically, heraldry) The outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
(uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
adumbrations
adumbrations
noun
plural of adumbration
aerobium
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.
agamobium
aglobulism
agrobacterium
agrobacterium
noun
A soil bacterium, of the genus Agrobacterium, which can fix nitrogen, and causes the formation of crown galls in plants.
albumenisation
albumenization
albumenization
noun
Alternative form of albuminization
albumenoid
albumenoid
noun
Alternative form of albuminoid
albuminiferous
albuminiferous
adj
Supplying albumen.
albuminiform
albuminiparous
albuminiparous
adj
Producing albumin.
albuminization
albuminization
noun
A coating with albumen.
A conversion into albumin.
A saturation with albumen.
albuminocholia
albuminofibrin
albuminogenous
albuminogenous
adj
Forming albumen.
albuminoid
albuminoid
adj
like albumen
of albumin
noun
A simple protein of a subclass mainly derived from animal connective or supportive tissue
albuminoidal
albuminoidal
adj
(chemistry) Of the nature of an albuminoid.
albuminolysis
albuminometer
albuminometry
albuminone
albuminone
noun
(organic chemistry, dated) A principle derived from certain albuminoids; it is soluble in alcohol and is not coagulable by heat.
albuminorrhea
albuminoscope
albuminose
albuminose
noun
Alternative form of albuminous
albuminosis
albuminosis
noun
(archaic, pathology) A condition of the blood characterized by the presence of more than the usual amount of albumin; hyperalbuminemia.
albuminous
albuminous
adj
Relating to, containing, or having the properties of albumen or albumin.
albuminousness
albuminousness
noun
(rare) The state or quality of being albuminous.
albuminurophobia
albuminurophobia
noun
A phobia of renal disease.
albumoid
albumoscope
albumose
albumose
noun
Any of a class of polypeptides formed by digestion of protein; proteose
albumoses
albumoses
noun
plural of albumose
albumosuria
albumosuria
noun
(pathology) The presence of proteoses in the urine.
alumbloom
alumbrado
ambagious
ambagious
adj
Indefinite.
Roundabout; vague.
ambagiously
ambagiously
adv
In an ambagious manner.
ambagiousness
ambagiousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambagious.
amberiferous
amberiferous
adj
Containing or yielding amber.
amberous
amberous
adj
amber-coloured
ambidexterous
ambidexterous
adj
Misspelling of ambidextrous.
ambidextrous
ambidextrous
adj
(archaic) Practising or siding with both parties.
(humorous) Of a person, bisexual.
Equally usable by left-handed and right-handed people (as a tool or instrument).
Exceptionally skillful; adept in more than one medium, genre, style, etc.
Having equal ability in both hands; in particular, able to write equally well with both hands.
ambidextrously
ambidextrously
adv
In an ambidextrous manner.
ambidextrousness
ambidextrousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambidextrous.
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
ambilaevous
ambilaevous
adj
Alternative spelling of ambilevous
ambilevous
ambilevous
adj
(rare) Having equally bad ability in both hands; clumsy; butterfingered.
ambiparous
ambisextrous
ambisextrous
adj
(humorous, sometimes offensive, of a person) Bisexual.
Epicene, androgynous.
Having both male and female, or masculine and feminine elements.
ambisinistrous
ambisinistrous
adj
clumsy, ambilevous
ambitious
ambitious
adj
(followed by "of" or the infinitive) Very desirous
(of a person or their character) Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction.
Hard to achieve.
Resulting from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition
ambitiously
ambitiously
adv
In an ambitious manner.
ambitiousness
ambitiousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambitious.
ambleocarpus
amblyacousia
amblyocarpous
amblypodous
ambosexous
ambosexous
adj
(obsolete) ambisexual; hermaphroditic
ambosexual
ambrosiaceous
ambrosius
ambulacriform
ambulacriform
adj
(zoology) Having the form of ambulacra.
ambulatio
ambulation
ambulation
Noun
walking around
ambulations
ambulations
noun
plural of ambulation
ambulator
ambulator
noun
A walker; one who walks.
ambulatoria
ambulatorial
ambulatorial
adj
(zoology) ambulatory; adapted for walking; gressorial
ambulatories
ambulatories
noun
plural of ambulatory
ambulatorily
ambulatorily
adv
By or in terms of walking.
ambulatorium
ambulatoriums
ambulators
ambulators
noun
plural of ambulator
ambulatory
ambulatory
adj
(comparable, medicine) Able to walk about and not bedridden.
(law) Not yet legally fixed or settled; alterable.
(medicine) Performed on or involving an ambulatory patient or an outpatient.
Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable.
Of, relating to, or adapted to walking.
noun
Any part of a building intended for walking in; a corridor.
The round walkway encircling the altar in many cathedrals.
ambulomancy
ambulomancy
noun
Any of various forms of divination that involve walking, often in circles.
ambuscado
ambuscado
noun
(obsolete) ambush.
ambuscadoed
ambuscadoed
adj
(obsolete) Posted in ambush; ambuscaded.
ambuscados
ambuscados
noun
plural of ambuscado
ambustion
ambustion
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A burn or scald.
amebous
amebous
adj
amebic
ametabolous
ametabolous
adj
Alternative form of ametabolic
aminobarbituric
ammobium
ammonocarbonous
amoebaeum
amoebaeum
noun
(poetry) A poem in which persons are represented as speaking alternately.
amoebeum
amoebous
amoebous
adj
Alternative spelling of amebous
amoebula
amphibious
amphibious
adj
Capable of functioning on land or in water.
Occurring on both land and water.
amphibiously
amphibiously
adv
In an amphibious manner.
In the manner of an amphibian.
amphibiousness
amphibiousness
noun
The state or quality of being amphibious.
amphiboliferous
amphiboliferous
adj
(mineralogy) Bearing amphibole.
amphibolostylous
amphibolous
amphibolous
adj
(obsolete) ambiguous; doubtful
amphibryous
amphisbaenous
anaerobium
anteambulation
antialbumose
antilobium
apometabolous
aquintocubitalism
aquopentamminecobaltic
arboretum
arboretum
noun
A place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes.
arboretums
arceuthobium
aristorepublicanism
armourbearer
armourbearer
Noun
One who carries armor for another.
arthrobacterium
aummbulatory
auribromide
aurobromide
autobasidiomycetes
autobasidiomycetous
autobasidium
autobasidium
noun
(mycology) Synonym of holobasidium
autocoenobium
autocombustible
autocombustible
adj
Capable of spontaneous combustion.
autocombustion
autocombustion
noun
spontaneous combustion
automatable
automatable
adj
able to be automated
automateable
automobile
automobile
adj
Self-moving; self-propelled.
noun
(US, Canada) A type of vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load. A car or motorcar.
automobiled
automobiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of automobile
automobiles
automobiles
noun
plural of automobile
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of automobile
automobiling
automobiling
verb
present participle of automobile
automobilism
automobilism
noun
(dated) The use of automobiles.
automobilist
automobilist
noun
(archaic) The driver of a motor vehicle.
automobilistic
automobilistic
adj
(dated) Relating to automobiles.
automobilists
automobilists
noun
plural of automobilist
automobility
automobility
noun
The utilization of automobiles as the major means of transportation and mobility.