(Scotland, law, transitive) To prove; to corroborate.
adminiculation
adminiculation
noun
(law) proof; corroboration
adminiculum
adminiculum
noun
(medicine) That which gives support to a part.
(medicine) The expansion of fibers extending from the superior pubic ligament to the posterior surface of the linea alba.
adrenomedullary
adrenomedullary
adj
Of or relating to the adrenal medulla.
adventuresomely
adventuresomely
adv
In an adventuresome manner.
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.
ailuromania
alalcomeneus
alangium
alaruming
alaruming
verb
(archaic, rare) present participle of alarum
albumean
albumen
albumen
noun
The white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water.
albumeniizer
albumenisation
albumenise
albumenise
verb
Non-Oxford British English spelling of albumenize
albumenised
albumenised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of albumenise
albumeniser
albumenising
albumenising
verb
present participle of albumenise
albumenization
albumenization
noun
Alternative form of albuminization
albumenize
albumenize
verb
(transitive) To coat or saturate with albumen.
(transitive) To convert into albumen.
albumenized
albumenized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of albumenize
albumenizer
albumenizer
noun
One who albumenizes.
albumenizing
albumenizing
verb
present participle of albumenize
albumenoid
albumenoid
noun
Alternative form of albuminoid
albumens
albumens
noun
plural of albumen
albumin
albumin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water, and are coagulated by heat; they occur in egg white, milk etc; they function as carrier protein for steroids, fatty acids, and thyroid hormones and play a role in stabilizing extracellular fluid volume.
albuminate
albuminate
noun
(chemistry) A compound of albumin and a base or acid
albuminaturia
albuminaturia
noun
(medicine) A form of albuminuria in which there is a preponderance in the urine of mineral substances over proteins.
albuminiferous
albuminiferous
adj
Supplying albumen.
albuminiform
albuminimeter
albuminimeter
noun
An instrument for determining the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
albuminimetry
albuminimetry
noun
The measurement of the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
albuminiparous
albuminiparous
adj
Producing albumin.
albuminise
albuminise
verb
Non-Oxford British English spelling of albuminize
albuminised
albuminised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of albuminise
albuminising
albuminising
verb
present participle of albuminise
albuminization
albuminization
noun
A coating with albumen.
A conversion into albumin.
A saturation with albumen.
albuminize
albuminize
verb
Alternative form of albumenize
albuminized
albuminized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of albuminize
albuminizing
albuminizing
verb
present participle of albuminize
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.
albumins
albumins
noun
plural of albumin
albuminuria
albuminuria
noun
(pathology) The presence of albumin in the urine, often a symptom of renal disease
albuminurias
albuminurias
noun
plural of albuminuria
albuminuric
albuminuric
adj
showing the symptom albuminuria, i.e. having albumen in the urine
albuminurophobia
albuminurophobia
noun
A phobia of renal disease.
alburnum
alburnum
noun
sapwood; the soft, newer wood in the trunk of a tree found between the bark and the hardened heartwood.
alburnums
alburnums
noun
plural of alburnum
alcicornium
alcyonium
alcyonium
noun
(zoology) Any of the genus Alcyonium of fleshy Alcyonaria, their polyps somewhat resembling flowers with eight fringed rays.
aldebaranium
aldebaranium
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A rejected name for ytterbium.
aleuromancy
aleuromancy
noun
divination using flour or related products such as dough or cakes and fortune cookies
alimentum
alinotum
allagostemonous
alloimmune
alloimmune
adj
(pathology) Characterized by alloimmunity, which is immunity, obtained from a tissue graft from another person, against one's own cells.
allonomous
allonomous
adj
(biology) Controlled by an external stimulus
allonymous
allonymous
adj
Misattributed: appearing or (especially) knowingly published under the name of a different person from the true author.
allonymously
allumine
alluminor
alluminor
noun
(obsolete) An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner.
allurement
allurement
noun
An enticement, inducement or bait.
Attractiveness; appeal, charisma.
allurements
allurements
noun
plural of allurement
almucantar
almucantar
noun
(astronomy, archaic or historical) A small circle on the celestial sphere, parallel to the horizon, that is used in astronomy and navigation to show altitude of a star or any other heavenly body.
(astronomy, archaic or historical) An instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross such a circle.
almund
almuredin
almuten
alphanumeric
alphanumeric
adj
Consisting of these characters plus punctuation and other special characters.
Consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and 0 to 9.
noun
An alphanumeric character.
alphanumerical
alphanumerical
adj
Consisting of only letters and numbers; alphanumeric.
alphanumerically
alphanumerically
adv
In a manner that is in numeric / numerical, then alphabetic / alphabetical, order.
In an alphanumeric / alphanumerical manner; using alphanumeric / alphanumerical characters.
alphanumerics
alphanumerics
noun
plural of alphanumeric
alumbank
alumen
alumian
alumian
noun
(mineralogy) natroalunite
alumin
alumina
alumina
noun
Aluminum oxide, especially when used in mining, material sciences or ceramics.
aluminaphone
aluminas
aluminas
noun
plural of alumina
aluminate
aluminate
noun
(chemistry) A compound, containing aluminium and oxygen with more electropositive elements, that is a salt of the hypothetical aluminic acid
alumine
alumine
noun
(obsolete) alumina
alumines
aluminic
aluminic
adj
(chemistry) Of, relating to or containing aluminium.
aluminide
aluminide
noun
(chemistry) Any intermetallic compound of aluminium and a more electropositive element
aluminiferous
aluminiferous
adj
containing, or yielding aluminium or its ore or alum
aluminiform
aluminiform
adj
Having the form of alumina.
aluminise
aluminise
verb
(transitive) To coat with a layer of aluminium.
aluminised
aluminised
adj
Having the property of being coated with aluminium
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aluminise
aluminish
aluminising
aluminising
verb
present participle of aluminise
aluminite
aluminite
Noun
A hydrous aluminium sulfate mineral with formula Al2SO4(OH)4·7(H2O).
aluminium
aluminium
noun
(slang) Aircraft or other machinery made partially or wholly of aluminium.
A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite, and a chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13.
aluminize
aluminize
verb
US, Canada, and Oxford British English standard spelling of aluminise.
aluminized
aluminized
adj
US, Canada, and Oxford British English standard spelling of aluminised.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aluminize
aluminizes
aluminizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aluminize
aluminizing
aluminizing
verb
present participle of aluminize
aluminoferric
aluminographic
aluminographic
adj
Relating to aluminography.
aluminography
aluminography
noun
The art or process of producing, and printing from, aluminium plates, after the manner of ordinary lithography.
aluminose
aluminosilicate
aluminosilicate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any of many silicate minerals, such as feldspar and zeolite, in which a proportion of the Si⁴⁺ ions are replaced by Al³⁺, the excess negative charge being balanced by extra sodium, potassium or calcium ions.
aluminosis
aluminosis
noun
(construction) A structural defect resulting from the degradation of poor quality concrete.
(pathology) A disease of the lungs caused by aluminum dust.
aluminosity
aluminothermic
aluminothermic
adj
Relating to, or employing, aluminothermy.
aluminothermics
aluminothermics
noun
Synonym of aluminothermy
aluminothermy
aluminothermy
noun
(inorganic chemistry) the production of a metal from its oxide by heating it with aluminium
aluminotype
aluminotype
noun
A form of printing plate made of a sheet of aluminium.
aluminous
aluminous
adj
(chemistry) of or pertaining to alumina or alum
alumins
aluminum
aluminum
noun
US and Canadian standard spelling of aluminium.
aluminums
aluminums
noun
plural of aluminum
aluminyl
aluminyl
noun
(inorganic chemistry, especially in combination) Aluminium in the +1 oxidation state.
alumna
alumna
noun
A female graduate.
A female pupil or student (especially of a university or college).
alumnae
alumnae
noun
plural of alumna
alumnal
alumni
alumni
noun
(often proscribed) An individual alumnus or alumna.
plural of alumnus
alumniate
alumnol
alumnol
noun
(medicine, archaic) A naphthol-sulphonic-acid salt of aluminum, used to treat wounds, etc.
alumnus
alumnus
noun
A graduate of any gender.
A male graduate.
A male pupil or student.
A student of any gender.
alumstone
alumstone
noun
(mineralogy) alunite
alundum
alundum
noun
alumina, especially an abrasive product made from fused alumina
amatungula
amatungula
noun
Carissa macrocarpa, a shrub native to Southern Africa.