Marked by abstinence or restraint, especially in relation to food or drink.
abstrusity
abstrusity
noun
(archaic) Abstruseness; that which is abstruse.
absurdity
absurdity
noun
(countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
(obsolete, rare) Dissonance.
(uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
abulyeit
abusively
abusively
adv
In an abusive manner; rudely; with abusive language.
acalycinous
acalycinous
adj
Acalycine.
accentuality
accentuality
noun
The quality of being accentual.
accountability
accountability
noun
(military) The obligation imposed by law or regulation on an officer or other person for keeping accurate record of property, documents, or funds. The person having this obligation may or may not have actual possession of the property, documents, or funds. Accountability is concerned primarily with records, while responsibility is concerned primarily with custody, care, and safekeeping.
An open determination of one's responsibility for something and imposition of consequences.
Good-faith acceptance of one's responsibility for something and of its consequences.
The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation; liability to be held responsible or answerable for something.
accumulatively
accumulatively
adv
In an accumulative manner
accusatively
accusatively
adv
(not comparable) In relation to the accusative case in grammar.
In an accusative manner.
accusatorially
accusatorially
adv
By way of accusation; in an accusatorial manner.
accusingly
accusingly
adv
In an accusing manner.
acetylbiuret
acetylenediurein
acetylfluoride
acicularity
acicularity
noun
Quality or degree of being acicular.
acicularly
acicularly
adj
In an acicular way.
acidulously
acidulously
adv
In an acidulous manner; in a mildly sour or acid way.
aciurgy
aciurgy
noun
Operative surgery.
acoustically
acoustically
adv
(domain) From the perspective of acoustics.
(manner) In an acoustic manner, or using an acoustic musical instrument.
acquaintancy
acquaintancy
noun
acquaintanceship
acquiescency
acquiescency
noun
The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence.
acquiescently
acquiescently
adv
In an acquiescent manner.
acquiescingly
acquiescingly
adv
in an acquiescing manner
acquirability
acquirability
noun
(rare) The quality of being acquirable; attainableness.
acquisitively
acquisitively
adv
In an acquisitive manner; for the purpose of acquisition.
acrimoniously
acrimoniously
adv
In an acrimonious manner; with acrimony.
acrydium
actinautography
actinautography
noun
(obsolete, photography) The production of an actinautographic image
actinomycesous
actinomycetous
actinomycetous
adj
Of or relating to actinomycetes.
actinopterygious
actuality
actuality
noun
(historical, film) A short early motion picture.
(television) Live reporting on current affairs.
An instance or quality of being actual or factual; fact.
The state of existing; existence.
actuarially
actuarially
adv
By actuarial principles.
From an actuarial perspective.
In a manner performed by an actuary.
actuaryship
actuaryship
noun
The role or status of actuary.
acuity
acuity
noun
Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.
The ability to think, see, or hear clearly.
adjudicatory
adjudicatory
adj
Of or pertaining to an adjudication.
adjunctively
adjunctively
adv
In an adjunctive way.
adjustability
adjustability
noun
The state or condition of being adjustable.
adminiculary
adminiculary
adj
(obsolete) Adminicular.
adscititiously
adscititiously
adv
In an adscititious way.
adumbratively
adumbratively
adv
In an adumbrative manner
aduncity
aduncity
noun
Crookedness, curvaceousness, hookedness.
adventitiously
adventitiously
adv
in an adventitious manner; sporadically.
aeronautically
aeronautically
adv
In a aeronautical manner; with respect to aeronautics or aviation.
affrightfully
affrightfully
adv
(obsolete) frightfully
againbuy
agglutinability
agglutinability
noun
The quality or degree of being agglutinable.
agglutinatively
agglutinatively
adv
In an agglutinative fashion; via agglutination.
aglycosuric
aglycosuric
adj
Having, or relating to, the condition of aglycosuria.
agranulocytosis
agranulocytosis
noun
(pathology) An acute condition involving a severe and dangerous leukopenia, particularly of neutrophils, causing a neutropenia in the circulating blood.
agriculturally
agriculturally
adv
In a manner pertaining to agriculture.
agriotypus
aguishly
aguishly
adv
(now rare) In an aguish manner; as though suffering from ague.
agyieus
agynarious
aimfully
aimfully
adv
In an aimful manner; with fixed purpose.
aktyubinsk
alacriously
alacriously
adv
With alacrity; briskly.
albuminimetry
albuminimetry
noun
The measurement of the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
albuminolysis
albuminometry
alcyonium
alcyonium
noun
(zoology) Any of the genus Alcyonium of fleshy Alcyonaria, their polyps somewhat resembling flowers with eight fringed rays.
alluringly
alluringly
adv
In an alluring manner.
allusively
allusively
adv
In an allusive manner; in a manner characterized by allusion.
allylthiourea
allylthiourea
noun
A particular organic carcinogen.
aloysius
aloysius
Proper noun
name, notably of a 16th-century Italian saint.
alphanumerically
alphanumerically
adv
In a manner that is in numeric / numerical, then alphabetic / alphabetical, order.
In an alphanumeric / alphanumerical manner; using alphanumeric / alphanumerical characters.
altruistically
altruistically
adv
In an altruistic manner; in a manner having regard of others
aluminography
aluminography
noun
The art or process of producing, and printing from, aluminium plates, after the manner of ordinary lithography.
aluminosity
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.
aluminyl
aluminyl
noun
(inorganic chemistry, especially in combination) Aluminium in the +1 oxidation state.
alumohydrocalcite
alumohydrocalcite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
amaryllidaceous
amaryllidaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Amaryllidaceae of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous flowering plants.
amaryllideous
amaryllideous
adj
= amaryllidaceous
amateurishly
amateurishly
adv
In an amateurish manner; without expertise or professionalism.
ambagiously
ambagiously
adv
In an ambagious manner.
ambidextrously
ambidextrously
adv
In an ambidextrous manner.
ambiguity
ambiguity
noun
(countable) words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from its context.
(uncountable) The state of being ambiguous.
ambiguously
ambiguously
adv
In an ambiguous manner.
ambisexuality
ambisexuality
noun
(countable) An instance of ambisexual behaviour.
(uncountable) The state of being ambisexual.
ambitiously
ambitiously
adv
In an ambitious manner.
amblyacousia
amblygeusia
ambulatorily
ambulatorily
adv
By or in terms of walking.
amphibiously
amphibiously
adv
In an amphibious manner.
In the manner of an amphibian.
amphibolostylous
amphibryous
amphicondylous
amphicyrtous
amphicytula
amphigenously
amphigenously
adv
In an amphigenous manner.
amphoriloquy
amphoriloquy
noun
(medicine) A condition where the voice is characterized by amphoric sound over the patient's lung cavity.
ampullosity
ampullosity
noun
(rare, formal) turgidity of language; bombast
amurcosity
amusingly
amusingly
adv
In an amusing manner.
amusively
amusively
adv
In an amusive manner.
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
amyliferous
amyloleucite
amyluria
amyluria
noun
(medicine) A condition in which starch is found in the urine.
anacatadidymus
anacoluthically
anacoluthically
adv
In an anacoluthic manner.
anacrustically
anacrustically
adv
In an anacrustic manner.
anadidymus
anadidymus
noun
(pathology) An abnormality in which conjoined twins have a single head and upper body
analytique
aneuploidy
aneuploidy
noun
(genetics) The condition of being aneuploid; the state of possessing a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number of the organism in question.
aneurismally
aneurysmatic
aneurysmatic
adj
(medicine) Describing a blood vessel that has an aneurysm; aneurysmal
anfractuosity
anfractuosity
noun
A winding channel or crevice, such as occur in the depths of the sea or in mountains.
One of the fissures (sulci) separating the convolutions of the brain, or, by analogy, in the mind.
anguishously
angularity
angularity
noun
(countable) A sharp point or angle.
(countable) A stiff, cranky, crotchety manner or behaviour.
(uncountable) The property or characteristic of possessing angles.
angulosity
angulosity
noun
(obsolete) angularity
anisocotyledonous
anisodactylous
anisodactylous
adj
(zoology) Characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward and one backward, as in most passerine birds.
anisogynous
anisoleucocytosis
anisomyodous
anisophyllous
anisophyllous
adj
(botany) Having unequal leaves.
ankylurethria
ankylurethria
noun
(biology, medicine) Impaired patency of the urethra owing to any sort of fusion that either partially or completely obstructs its lumen (for example, stricture due to adhesions).
annuity
annuity
noun
(insurance, pensions) A right to receive amounts of money regularly over a certain fixed period, in perpetuity, or, especially, over the remaining life or lives of one or more beneficiaries.
annularity
annularity
noun
The property of being annular.
annunciatory
annunciatory
adj
In the nature of an announcement
antediluvially
antediluvially
adv
In an antediluvial manner.
antejudiciary
anteluminary
anterevolutionary
anthrahydroquinone
anthraquinonyl
antiautolysin
antiautolysin
noun
Any substance, especially an antibody, that counters the effects of an autolysin
