(pharmacology) Counteracting, or deemed of use in, diseases of the kidneys.
noun
An antinephritic remedy.
antiparticle
antiparticle
noun
(physics) A subatomic particle corresponding to another particle with the same mass, spin and mean lifetime but with charge, parity, strangeness and other quantum numbers flipped in sign; a particle that has a reversed world line to another.
antiparticles
antiparticles
noun
plural of antiparticle
antipeduncular
antipellagric
antipellagric
adj
Preventing or countering pellagra.
antiperiodic
antiperiodic
adj
(mathematics) Exhibiting antiperiodicity.
(medicine) preventing the regular recurrence of symptoms
noun
(medicine) A drug that prevents the regular recurrence of symptoms.
antiperistaltic
antiperistaltic
adj
(pharmacology) That blocks or stops peristalsis.
(physiology) Of or relating to antiperistalsis.
noun
A drug that blocks peristalsis.
antiperistatic
antiperistatic
adj
Pertaining to antiperistasis.
antiperistatical
antiperistatical
Adjective
Pertaining to antiperistasis.
antiperistatically
antiphylloxeric
antiphylloxeric
adj
Destroying or countering the phylloxera insect.
antiplethoric
antiplethoric
adj
(medicine) Countering plethora of the blood.
antipleuritic
antipleuritic
adj
Working against pleurisy.
antipolyneuritic
antipolyneuritic
adj
Countering polyneuritis.
antiprecipitin
antiprecipitin
noun
A substance derived from a precipitin and capable of neutralizing it.
antiprelatic
antipriestcraft
antipriestcraft
noun
Opposition to priestcraft.
antiprinciple
antiprinciple
noun
A principle that opposes another principle.
antiproductive
antiproductively
antiproductiveness
antiprojectivity
antiputrefaction
antiputrefaction
adj
That counters (the effects of) putrefaction
antiputrefactive
antiputrefactive
adj
Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.
noun
Any substance preventing putrefaction.
antiputrescent
antiputrescent
Adjective
Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.
antipyretic
antipyretic
adj
(pharmacology) That reduces fever.
noun
(pharmacology) A medicine that reduces fever; a febrifuge.
antipyretics
antipyretics
noun
plural of antipyretic
antirepublican
antirepublican
adj
(politics) Opposing the formation of a republic.
noun
(politics) One who opposes the formation of a republic.
antirepublicanism
antispectroscopic
antispirochetic
antispirochetic
adj
Destroying or countering the activity of spirochetes.
antistreptococcal
antistreptococcal
adj
(immunology) Countering bacteria of the genus Streptococcus.
antistreptococcic
antistreptococcic
Adjective
Countering bacteria of the genus Streptococcus.
antistreptococcin
antistreptococcus
antisupernaturalistic
antitemperance
antitemperance
adj
Opposing the temperance movement against alcohol.
antixerophthalmic
antixerophthalmic
adj
(medicine) Countering xerophthalmia.
antroscope
antroscope
noun
An instrument that is used to inspect the maxillary antrum
apenteric
aperiodicity
aperiodicity
noun
The condition of being aperiodic
aphaeretic
aphaeretic
adj
(rare, medicine, linguistics) Of the nature of apheresis.
apharsathacites
apheliotropic
apheliotropic
adj
Turning away from the sun; said of leaves, etc.
apheliotropically
apheliotropically
adv
In an apheliotropic way; away from the sun.
apheretic
apheretic
adj
US standard spelling of aphaeretic.
aphthartodocetae
aphthartodocetic
aphthartodocetism
apiculture
apiculture
noun
The keeping and maintenance of bees for commercial reasons.
apicultures
apiocrinite
aplacentaria
aplanobacter
aplectrum
apocenter
apocenter
noun
(astronomy) The furthest point of an astronomical object in an elliptical orbit to its center of attraction (the principal focus of the ellipse)
apocentre
apocentre
noun
Alternative form of apocenter
apocentric
apocentric
adj
(astrophysics) Of or pertaining to the apocenter, the point in an orbit which is furthest from the orbited body
apocentricity
apocentricity
noun
The property of being apocentric.
apocryphate
apogeotropic
apogeotropic
adj
(botany) Bending away from the ground; said of leaves, etc.
(medicine) Tending skyward, as with apogeotropic nystagmus.
apogeotropically
apogeotropically
adv
(botany) In an apogeotropic manner; of leaves and other botanical structures, in a manner that bends away from the ground.
apomecometer
apomecometer
noun
An instrument for measuring the heights of buildings etc.
apomecometry
apomecometry
noun
The art of measuring the distance of far-off objects.
aponeurotic
aponeurotic
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.
apoplectiform
apoplectiform
adj
(medicine) Of or resembling apoplexy.
aporetic
aporetic
adj
Tending to doubt.
aporetical
aporetical
Adjective
Tending to doubt.
apothecarcaries
apothecaries
apothecaries
noun
plural of apothecary
apothecary
apothecary
noun
(archaic in US, dated in UK) Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially (historical) one who made and sold their own medicines in the medieval or early modern eras.
(archaic or historical) Synonym of pharmacy: an apothecary's shop, a drugstore.
(uncommon) A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine.
apothecaryship
apothecaryship
noun
The state or period of working as an apothecary.
apotracheal
apotracheal
adj
Not associated with vascular tracheids
apoturmeric
apperception
apperception
noun
(countable, psychology) The general process or a particular act of mental assimilation of new experience into the totality of one's past experience.
(uncountable) Psychological or mental perception; recognition.
(uncountable, psychology and philosophy, especially Kantianism) The mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states, unifying past and present experiences; self-consciousness, perception that reflects upon itself.
apperceptionism
apperceptionist
apperceptionistic
apperceptive
apperceptive
adj
perceptive
apperceptively
apperceptively
adv
In an apperceptive manner.
appercipient
appersonification
applecart
applecart
noun
A barrow from which apples and other fruit were formerly sold in the street
A planned situation.
apprecate
appreciant
appreciant
adj
(archaic) appreciative
appreciate
appreciate
verb
(intransitive, transitive) To increase in value.
(transitive) To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect.
(transitive) To be grateful or thankful for.
(transitive) To view as valuable.
appreciated
appreciated
adj
(of an investment) having risen in value
recognized as having value
verb
simple past tense and past participle of appreciate
appreciates
appreciates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appreciate
appreciating
appreciating
adj
Appreciative: having or showing appreciation.
noun
appreciation
verb
present participle of appreciate
appreciatingly
appreciatingly
adv
Appreciatively, with appreciation: in an appreciating manner.
appreciation
appreciation
noun
A fair valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence; gratitude and esteem.
A rise in value.
Accurate perception; true estimation.
The act of appreciating.
appreciational
appreciational
adj
Of or relating to appreciation.
appreciations
appreciations
noun
plural of appreciation
appreciativ
appreciative
appreciative
adj
Capable of showing appreciation.
appreciatively
appreciatively
adv
In an appreciative manner.
appreciativeness
appreciativeness
noun
The state or quality of being appreciative.
appreciator
appreciator
noun
Someone who assesses or appraises the value of something.
Someone who values something highly.
appreciatorily
appreciatorily
adv
(obsolete, rare) With appreciation; appreciatively.
appreciators
appreciators
noun
plural of appreciator
appreciatory
appreciatory
adj
Showing appreciation; appreciative.
appredicate
apprentice
apprentice
noun
(dated) One not well versed in a subject; a tyro or newbie.
(historical) One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a tradesperson, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him.
A trainee, especially in a skilled trade.
verb
(transitive) To be an apprentice to.
(transitive) To put under the care and supervision of a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.
apprenticed
apprenticed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apprentice
apprenticehood
apprenticehood
noun
(obsolete) apprenticeship
apprenticement
apprentices
apprentices
noun
plural of apprentice
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apprentice
apprenticeship
apprenticeship
noun
The condition of, or the time served by, an apprentice.
The system by which a person learning a craft or trade is instructed by a master for a set time under set conditions.
apprenticeships
apprenticeships
noun
plural of apprenticeship
apprenticing
apprenticing
verb
present participle of apprentice
approachment
approachment
noun
(archaic) approach
appurtenance
appurtenance
noun
(grammar) A modifier that is appended or prepended to another word to coin a new word that expresses belonging.
(in the plural) Equipment used for some specific task; gear.
(law) A subordinate interest in land which benefits a principal estate, which cannot be detached from or held separately to that estate; an appurtenant interest.
That which appertains; an appendage to something else; an addition.
The state or quality of being an appurtenance.
appurtenances
appurtenances
noun
equipment used for a specific task or purpose; gear
plural of appurtenance
apricate
apricate
verb
(intransitive, rare) To bask in the sun.
(transitive, also figuratively, rare) To disinfect and freshen by exposing to the sun; to sun.
apyretic
apyretic
adj
(medicine) Without fever, free from fever.
aquapuncture
aquapuncture
noun
(medicine) The subcutaneous injection of water, once thought to relieve pain.
archaeopithecus
archaeopteris
archaeopterygiformes
archaeopteryx
archanthropine
archapostate
archapostle
archcorrupter
archdepredator
archdespot
archdespot
noun
A chief despot.
archeopteryx
archeopteryx
noun
A specimen of the species Archaeopteryx lithographica, being the earliest and most primitive known bird, representing a transition in the evolution of dinosaurs to birds.
archeptolemus
archetypal
archetypal
adj
Of or pertaining to an archetype.
archetypally
archetypally
adv
In an archetypal way.
archetype
archetype
noun
(literature) A character, object, or story that is based on a known character, object, or story.
(psychology) According to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung: a universal pattern of thought, present in an individual's unconscious, inherited from the past collective experience of humanity.
(textual criticism) A protograph (“original manuscript of a text from which all further copies derive”).
An ideal example of something; a quintessence.
An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype.
verb
To depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetype.
archetypes
archetypes
noun
plural of archetype
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archetype
archetypic
archetypic
adj
archetypical
archetypical
archetypical
adj
In the way of an archetype, in the way of an idealized model or most representative.
archetypically
archetypically
adv
In an archetypical fashion.
archetypist
archetypist
noun
A proponent of the Jungian concept of archetypes.
archhypocrite
archiepiscopality
archiepiscopality
noun
(ecclesiastical) The rank or dignity of an archbishop; archiepiscopacy.