(obsolete, photography) That produces a developable impression on light-sensitive material without contact
actinautography
actinautography
noun
(obsolete, photography) The production of an actinautographic image
aegisthus
aegisthus
Proper noun
The murderer of Agamemnon and lover of his wife Clytemnestra.
aegithognathous
aetheogamous
aetheogamous
adj
(botany) Of the nature of an aetheogam.
affrightful
affrightful
adj
(obsolete) frightful
affrightfully
affrightfully
adv
(obsolete) frightfully
aforethought
aforethought
adj
(postpositive) Premeditated; planned ahead of time.
afterthought
afterthought
noun
A reflection after an act; a later or subsequent thought, action, or expedient.
Something additional to the original plan or concept.
verb
(very rare except in the past tense, possibly nonstandard) To expound as an afterthought.
simple past tense and past participle of afterthink
afterthoughted
afterthoughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afterthought
afterthoughts
afterthoughts
noun
plural of afterthought
agapanthus
agapanthus
noun
Any member of the genus Agapanthus of flowering plants.
agapanthuses
agapanthuses
noun
plural of agapanthus
agastrophus
agathaumas
agathyrsus
agnathostomatous
agnathous
agnathous
adj
(pathology) Afflicted by or characteristic of agnathia.
Jawless.
aguroth
allothigenous
allothogenous
although
although
conj
But, except.
Though, even though, in spite of or despite the fact that: introducing a clause that expresses a concession.
amphigastrium
amphigastrula
anatomicochirurgical
angletouch
anisognathous
anisognathous
adj
(pathology) Having different sizes to the upper and lower jaws
anotherguess
anotherguess
adj
(archaic) Of another kind.
antherogenous
anthogenous
anthophagous
anthophagous
adj
That feeds on flowers
anthropogenous
anthropogenous
adj
having its origin in the activities of mankind; particularly, referring to environmental alterations resulting from the presence or activities of humans
of or pertaining to anthropogeny
anthropophagous
anthropophagous
adj
Who practices anthropophagy; cannibal.
anthropophagously
anthropophagously
adv
In an anthropophagous manner.
anthropophagus
anthropophagus
noun
A man-eater; a cannibal.
anthropurgic
antiburgher
antiburgher
noun
(historical, Scotland) A member of a faction of the Scottish Presbyterian Church that refused to take the burgess oath in 1747; since reunited.
anticholagogue
anticholagogue
noun
(medicine) An agent that inhibits bile secretion.
antihemagglutinin
antihemagglutinin
adj
(immunology) That reacts with hemagglutinin
antihumbuggist
antihunting
antihunting
adj
Opposed to the practice of hunting animals for sport.
archicleistogamous
archigastrula
archipterygium
archipterygium
noun
(anatomy) A primitive fin, like that of Ceratodus.
archmystagogue
argumentmaths
argyranthemous
argyranthous
arthrogenous
arthrogenous
adj
(anatomy) Originating from a joint
arthroneuralgia
artophagous
artophagous
adj
(rare) bread-eating
athrough
attenborough
attenborough
Proper noun
A village in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England.
aught
aught
adj
possessed of
adv
(archaic) At all, in any degree, in any respect.
noun
(archaic) zero
(regional) Estimation.
(regional) Of importance or consequence (in the phrase "of aught").
(regional, rare, obsolete) Esteem, respect.
Duty; place; office
Property; possession
The digit zero
whit, the smallest part, iota
num
Obsolete or dialectal form of eight.
pron
(archaic or dialectal) anything whatsoever, any part.
verb
to owe, be obliged or obligated to
to own, possess
aughtlins
aughts
aughts
adj
From or evoking the first through tenth years of a century (chiefly the 2000s).
noun
The first decade of a century, such as 1900 to 1909 or 2000 to 2009, whose digit in the tens place is zero; the noughties.
augitophyre
auriphrygiate
auriphrygiate
adj
Embroidered or decorated with gold
autarchoglossa
authenticating
authenticating
verb
present participle of authenticate
authigene
authigenetic
authigenetic
adj
Synonym of authigenic
authigenic
authigenic
adj
(geology) Generated where it is found or observed.
authigenous
authigenous
adj
authigenic
authoring
authoring
noun
The process of creating the content of a document or other content item, i.e., writing or composition.
The result of this process; a writing or composition.
verb
present participle of author
authorising
authorising
verb
present participle of authorise
authorizing
authorizing
verb
present participle of authorize
authorling
authorling
noun
A young or insignificant author.
autobiographal
autobiographal
adj
(archaic) autobiographical
autobiographer
autobiographer
noun
One who writes his or her own life or biography.
autobiographers
autobiographers
noun
plural of autobiographer
autobiographic
autobiographic
Adjective
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
autobiographical
autobiographical
adj
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
autobiographically
autobiographically
adv
In an autobiographical manner.
autobiographies
autobiographies
noun
plural of autobiography
autobiographist
autobiographist
noun
An autobiographer.
autobiography
autobiography
noun
(countable) A self-written biography; the story of one's own life.
(uncountable) Biographies of this kind regarded as a literary genre.
autochanger
autochanger
noun
(computing) An automatic tape loader, for switching automatically between several computer backup tapes.
A device for playing multiple music media of a certain kind (gramophone records, compact discs, etc.) in a predetermined sequence without user intervention.
autochronograph
autochronograph
noun
(rare, archaic) An instrument for the instantaneous self-recording or printing of time.
autocoprophagous
autocoprophagous
adj
That eats its own excrement.
autoepigraph
autograph
autograph
adj
(art) Made by the artist himself or herself; authentic.
Written in the author’s own handwriting.
noun
A manuscript in the author’s handwriting.
A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person.
verb
(transitive) To sign, or write one’s name or signature on a book etc
(transitive) To write something in one's own handwriting
autographal
autographal
adj
(obsolete) autographic
autographed
autographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograph
autographer
autographer
noun
Someone who writes an autograph
autographic
autographic
adj
Containing or relating to an autograph.
autographical
autographical
adj
Relating to an autograph, or one's own handwriting.
Relating to, or used in, the process of autography.
autographically
autographically
adv
By means of autography.
autographies
autographies
noun
plural of autography
autographing
autographing
noun
The signing of an autograph.
verb
present participle of autograph
autographism
autographism
noun
(dated, pathology) A skin condition in which wheals can be raised on the skin by tracing over it
autographist
autographist
noun
(dated, pathology) A person who has autographism.
autographometer
autographometer
noun
(obsolete) An instrument on wheels for recording the topography and height changes of any route over which it is drawn or propelled.
autographs
autographs
noun
plural of autograph
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autograph
autography
autography
noun
(countable, rare) An autobiography.
A process in lithography by which a writing or drawing is transferred from paper to stone.
Writing in one's own handwriting.
autohemorrhage
autolithograph
autolithograph
noun
A drawing produced by autolithography
verb
To print by means of autolithography
autolithographer
autolithographic
autolithographic
adj
Related to autolithographs or to autolithography
autolithography
autolithography
noun
autography (form of lithography)
automatograph
automatograph
noun
(obsolete or historical) An instrument for recording involuntary movements of a human subject.
autopathography
autopathography
noun
A piece of writing about one's own illness.
autophagi
autophagi
noun
(zoology) Birds that are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as they are hatched.
autophagia
autophagia
noun
The eating of one's own body.
autophagies
autophagies
noun
plural of autophagy
autophagous
autophagous
adj
Self-eating; exhibiting autophagy.
autophagy
autophagy
noun
(cytology) A type of programmed cell death accomplished through self-digestion.
(cytology) The process of self-digestion by a cell through the action of enzymes originating within the same cell. Often a defensive and/or self-preservation measure.
(rare) Self-consumption; the act of eating oneself.
autophotograph
autophyllogeny
autophytograph
autophytography
autopsychology
autoradiograph
autoradiograph
noun
(photography) A photograph image produced by placing a film in contact with a specimen containing (or treated with) radioactive material; an autoradiogram
verb
(transitive) To subject to autoradiography.
autoradiographic
autoradiographic
adj
Of or pertaining to an autoradiograph, a radiographic image produced by the decay of a radioactive substance
autoradiography
autoradiography
noun
The process of making autoradiographs.
autosight
autotelegraph
autotelegraph
noun
Synonym of telautograph
autothaumaturgist
autothaumaturgist
noun
One who pretends to be notable or mysterious.
autotypography
autotypography
noun
(archaic) A process by which drawings executed on gelatin are impressed into a soft metal plate, from which further prints can be made.
bacteriophagous
bacteriophagous
adj
Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.
badmouthing
badmouthing
verb
present participle of badmouth
balaghaut
batrachophagous
batrachophagous
adj
Feeding on frogs.
befraught
befraught
adj
(rare) fraught
begrutch
begrutch
verb
Obsolete form of begrudge.
bellyflaught
bequeathing
bequeathing
verb
present participle of bequeath
beshouting
beshouting
verb
present participle of beshout
besought
besought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beseech
simple past tense and past participle of beseek
bestraught
bestraught
adj
(obsolete) Distracted; mad, distraught.
bethought
bethought
adj
(of a person) Minded; disposed.
(of a thing) Intended; purposed; contrived.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethink
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
betrough
bewrought
bewrought
adj
(obsolete) embroidered
bigmouth
bigmouth
adj
(zoology) Applied to various creatures that have a large mouth.
noun
(informal, derogatory) One who talks too much or says things which should not be said.
bigmouthed
bigmouthed
adj
(of a person) Loud or talkative, especially in an indiscreet manner.
Having a large mouth.
bigmouths
bigmouths
noun
plural of bigmouth
biologicohumanistic
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
boguechitto
boltuprightness
bonaught
borgerhout
boroughlet
boroughmaster
boroughmaster
noun
The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough.
boughpot
boughpot
noun
Alternative form of bough pot
boughpots
boughpots
noun
plural of boughpot
bought
bought
noun
(obsolete) A bend or hollow in a human or animal body.
(obsolete) A bend; flexure; curve; a hollow angle.
(obsolete) A curve or bend in a river, mountain chain, or other geographical feature.
(obsolete) A fold, bend, or coil in a tail, snake's body etc.
(obsolete) The part of a sling that contains the stone.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buy.
boughten
boughten
adj
(archaic or regional, West Country, Cornwall, Canada, US) Having been purchased or bought (rather than homemade).
verb
(archaic or regional, chiefly US) past participle of buy
brachygnathous
brachygnathous
adj
Relating to brachygnathia
branchiostegous
branchiostegous
adj
branchiostegal
breakthrough
breakthrough
adj
(immunology) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such as a person who has been vaccinated to help prevent that disease.
(medicine) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment.
Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
noun
(construction) The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.
(military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
(sports) The penetration of the opposition's defence.
Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
breakthroughes
breakthroughs
breakthroughs
noun
plural of breakthrough
breastplough
breastplough
noun
A kind of plough, worked by handles near the worker's breast, and in some types by pushing with the breast/chest, by which ploughing can be done by hand (without a draft animal), albeit more slowly and difficultly, or by which turf (peat) can be cut for fuel; the type commonly used in preindustrial Britain is analogous to a spade with a large T-shaped handle gripped with both hands.