(obsolete) the role or duration of being an abigail, or lady's maid.
acarophilous
acarophilous
adj
(biology, rare) That lives in a symbiosis with mites
(botany, rare) That is pollinated by mites
accompliceship
accompliceship
noun
(rare) The state of being an accomplice.
accomplish
accomplish
verb
(transitive) To complete, as time or distance.
(transitive) To execute fully; to fulfill; to complete successfully.
(transitive) To finish successfully.
(transitive, Philippines) to fill out a form.
(transitive, archaic) To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.
(transitive, obsolete) To gain; to obtain.
accomplishable
accomplishable
adj
Capable of being accomplished; practicable.
accomplished
accomplished
adj
Completed; effected; established.
Having many accomplishments, often as a result of study or training.
Showing skill and artistry.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accomplish
accomplisher
accomplisher
noun
One who accomplishes.
accomplishers
accomplishers
noun
plural of accomplisher
accomplishes
accomplishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accomplish
accomplishing
accomplishing
verb
present participle of accomplish
accomplishment
accomplishment
noun
(grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time until a natural end point.
Something accomplished; an achievement.
That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training.
The act of accomplishing; completion; fulfilment.
accomplishments
accomplishments
noun
plural of accomplishment
accomplisht
accomplisht
adj
Obsolete form of accomplished.
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of accomplish
acephalism
acephalism
noun
The congenital lack of a head.
acephalist
acephalist
noun
(obsolete) One who acknowledges no head or superior
achloropsia
achloropsia
noun
Inability to distinguish the colour green.
achondroplasia
achondroplasia
noun
(teratology) A genetic disorder, the most common form of short limb dwarfism.
achondroplastic
achondroplastic
adj
(teratology) Of, related to, or suffering from achondroplasia.
achromophilous
achromophilous
adj
Not chromophilous.
acidophiles
acidophiles
noun
plural of acidophile
acidophilous
acidophilous
adj
That thrives in an acidic environment
acidophilus
acidophilus
noun
Lactobacillus acidophilus, one of the bacteria commonly used in fermenting yogurt
adenohypophysial
adenohypophysial
adj
Relating to the adenohypophysis.
admiralship
admiralship
noun
The state, property, or office of being an admiral.
admiralships
admiralships
noun
plural of admiralship
aedileship
aedileship
noun
(historical) The office of an aedile.
(historical) The period or duration of this office.
aerophilatelist
aerophilatelist
noun
One who practices aerophilately; a collector of airmail stamps.
aerophilous
aerophilous
adj
(biology, of unicellular organisms) Living in an aerobic environment
Synonym of aerophilic
aerophysical
aerophysical
adj
Relating to aerophysics.
aesthophysiology
aesthophysiology
noun
The science of sensation in relation to the actions of the nerves.
agrostographical
ailurophiles
ailurophiles
noun
plural of ailurophile
ailurophobes
ailurophobes
noun
plural of ailurophobe
alcaldeship
alcaldeship
noun
The role or status of alcalde.
aldermanship
aldermanship
noun
The condition, position, or office of an alderman.
alethopteis
algophilist
algophilist
noun
A person who is subject to algophilia; one who derives sexual pleasure from feeling pain.
alienship
alienship
noun
The state or status of being alien.
alispheno
alisphenoid
alisphenoid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to a bone in the base of the skull, which in the adult is often consolidated with the sphenoid.
(anatomy) Relating to or forming the wing of the sphenoid bone.
noun
(anatomy) The greater wing of the sphenoid bone
alisphenoidal
alisphenoidal
adj
Alternative form of alisphenoid
allelomorphism
allelomorphism
noun
(genetics) A phenotype associated with a specific allele
allomorphism
allomorphism
noun
(chemistry) The property of a compound which has more than one crystalline form or allomorph.
allopathies
allopathies
noun
plural of allopathy
allopathist
allopathist
noun
A practitioner of allopathy
allopsychic
allopsychic
adj
(psychology) Relating to the relationship between the mind and the outside world
almonership
almonership
noun
The rank or office of an almoner.
alnagership
alnagership
noun
The role or status of an alnager.
alongships
alphabetics
alphabetics
noun
(dated) The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.
alphabetisation
alphabetisation
noun
The act or process of arranging in alphabetical order.
alphabetise
alphabetise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of alphabetize.
alphabetised
alphabetised
adj
(Britain) Arranged in alphabetical order.
verb
(Britain) simple past tense and past participle of alphabetise
alphabetiser
alphabetiser
noun
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of alphabetizer.
alphabetising
alphabetising
verb
present participle of alphabetise
alphabetism
alphabetism
noun
An initialism: an abbreviation which is read letter by letter, such as UN.
Discrimination on the basis of the first letter of a name.
Excessive reliance upon the alphabet or alphabetic structures.
The ability to read an alphabet, a rudimentary form of literacy.
alphabetist
alphabetist
noun
Someone who practices alphabetism, discrimination on the basis of the first letter of a name.
alphabetizers
alphabetizers
noun
plural of alphabetizer
alphabetizes
alphabetizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alphabetize
alphanumerics
alphanumerics
noun
plural of alphanumeric
alphesiboea
alphitomorphous
alphitomorphous
Adjective
Resembling barleymeal.
alphonist
alphonsin
alphonsin
noun
Alternative form of Alphonsin
alphonsine
alphonsism
alphosis
alphosis
noun
(medicine, obsolete) Albinism.
alphosises
alsophila
amidosulphonal
aminosulphonic
ammophilous
ammophilous
adj
Thriving in a sandy environment.
ampelographist
ampelographist
noun
One who studies ampelography.
ampheclexis
amphibalus
amphibalus
noun
An ecclesiastical vestment like the chasuble.
amphibiously
amphibiously
adv
In an amphibious manner.
In the manner of an amphibian.
amphiblastic
amphiblastic
adj
(biology) Segmenting unequally; said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.
amphiblastula
amphiblastula
noun
A larva of some sponges that has equal numbers of both flagellate and nonflagellate cells separated from each other on opposite sides of the blastula
amphiblestritis
amphiboles
amphiboles
noun
plural of amphibole
amphibolies
amphibolies
noun
plural of amphiboly
amphiboliferous
amphiboliferous
adj
(mineralogy) Bearing amphibole.
amphibolites
amphibolites
noun
plural of amphibolite
amphibologies
amphibologies
noun
plural of amphibology
amphibologism
amphibolostylous
amphibolous
amphibolous
adj
(obsolete) ambiguous; doubtful
amphicoelous
amphicoelous
adj
(zoology, of vertebrae) Having both ends concave; biconcave.
amphicondylous
amphigastrula
amphigenously
amphigenously
adv
In an amphigenous manner.
amphilochus
amphilogism
amphinucleus
amphiphiles
amphiphiles
noun
plural of amphiphile
amphiploids
amphiploids
noun
plural of amphiploid
amphiprostylar
amphiprostylar
adj
amphiprostyle
amphiprostyle
amphiprostyle
adj
(architecture, chiefly historical, of a temple or edifice) Having columns at either end but not along the sides.
noun
(architecture, historical) An amphiprostyle temple or edifice.
amphisile
amphisilidae
amphistylar
amphistylic
amphistylic
adj
(anatomy, of a skull) Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks.
amphistyly
amphithalamus
amphivasal
amphivasal
adj
(botany) In which the xylem surrounds the phloem
amphophilous
amphophilous
adj
Synonym of amphophilic
amygdalothripsis
amylophosphoric
anacephalaeosis
anaglyphics
anaglyphics
noun
plural of anaglyphic
analphabetism
analphabetism
noun
Illiteracy, the inability to read and write.
anaphalantiasis
anaphalantiasis
noun
Hair loss from the eyebrows
anaphalis
anaphylaxis
anaphylaxis
noun
A severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen, causing a constriction of the trachea, preventing breathing; anaphylactic shock.
Extreme sensitivity to a substance such as a foreign protein or drug.
anapophysial
anatomicophysiologic
anatomicophysiological
anatomicophysiological
adj
Relating to anatomy and physiology.
anemophilous
anemophilous
adj
(botany) Pollinated by the wind.
anerythroplasia
anerythroplastic
angelship
angioelephantiasis
angiolymphitis
angiothlipsis
anglophiles
anglophiles
noun
plural of anglophile
anglophilism
anglophobist
anilinophilous
anisophyllous
anisophyllous
adj
(botany) Having unequal leaves.
anisophylly
anisophylly
noun
(botany) The growing by a plant of leaves in pairs with a significant difference in size between the two.
anophelines
anophelines
noun
plural of anopheline
anopisthographically
anthophilous
anthophilous
adj
Living or growing on flowers
anthropobiologist
anthropobiologist
noun
bioanthropologist
anthropoclimatologist
anthropologies
anthropologies
noun
plural of anthropology
anthropologist
anthropologist
noun
An expert in anthropology.
anthropologists
anthropologists
noun
plural of anthropologist
anthropophilous
anthropophilous
adj
Synonym of anthropophilic
anthroposociologist
anthroposociologist
noun
One who studies anthroposociology.
anthroposociology
anthroposociology
noun
(dated, historical) The anthropological and sociological study of race as a means of establishing the superiority of certain peoples.
anthroposophical
anthroposophical
adj
anthroposophic
antianaphylaxis
antianaphylaxis
noun
(immunology) desensitization to antigens
antipatheticalness
antipatheticalness
noun
The state or quality of being antipathetical.
antiphilosophic
antiphilosophic
adj
Synonym of antiphilosophical
antiphilosophical
antiphilosophical
adj
Opposing philosophy.
antiphilosophically
antiphilosophies
antiphilosophies
noun
plural of antiphilosophy
antiphilosophism
antiphilosophy
antiphilosophy
noun
(philosophy) An antitheoretical metaphilosophy critical of a priori justification aiming to dissolve misconceptions that traditional philosophy makes.
antiphlogistian
antiphlogistian
noun
Someone who opposes phlogiston theory.
antiphlogistic
antiphlogistic
adj
(pharmacology) Counteracting inflammation.
Opposed to the doctrine of phlogiston.
noun
(pharmacology) A plant or remedy that reduces inflammation.
antiphlogistin
antiphonals
antiphonals
noun
plural of antiphonal
antiphrastical
antiphrastical
adj
(rhetoric) Antiphrastic.
antiphrastically
antiphrastically
adv
(rhetoric) By means of, or in terms of, antiphrasis.