The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope.
The fact of being without qualifications or conditions; certainty, unconditionality.
absquatulate
absquatulate
verb
(intransitive, slang) To leave quickly or in a hurry; to depart, flee.
(intransitive, slang) to abscond.
abstemiously
abstemiously
adv
Marked by abstinence or restraint, especially in relation to food or drink.
abstruseness
abstruseness
noun
The property of being abstruse; abstrusity.
abstrusities
abstrusities
noun
plural of abstrusity
absurdnesses
absurdnesses
noun
plural of absurdness
abusefulness
abusefulness
noun
The characteristic of being abuseful.
acanthaceous
acanthaceous
adj
(botany): Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a member of the Acanthaceae family.
Armed with prickles, as a plant.
acaulescence
acaulescence
noun
The condition of being acaulescent
accoucheuses
accoucheuses
noun
plural of accoucheuse
acculturates
acculturates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acculturate
accurateness
accurateness
noun
The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy
accursedness
accursedness
noun
The quality of being accursed.
accusatively
accusatively
adv
(not comparable) In relation to the accusative case in grammar.
In an accusative manner.
accusatrixes
accustomedly
accustomedly
adv
In an accustomed manner.
accustomized
accustomized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accustomize
acetosoluble
acetosoluble
adj
(chemistry) soluble in acetic acid
achariaceous
achlamydeous
achlamydeous
adj
(botany) having no perianth
acoelomatous
acquiescence
acquiescence
noun
(law) Inaction, passivity, or neglect to take legal action when it is called for in order to assert, preserve, or safeguard a right, and which inaction implies the abandonment of said right.
A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
acquiescency
acquiescency
noun
The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence.
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
acquittances
acquittances
noun
plural of acquittance
acrogenously
acrogenously
adv
In an acrogenous manner.
acroneurosis
actiniferous
actiniferous
adj
Containing or producing actinium
acuaesthesia
acupressures
acupressures
noun
plural of acupressure
acupunctures
acupunctures
noun
plural of acupuncture
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acupuncture
adenophoreus
adenophorous
adenophorous
adj
(botany) Producing glands.
adenoviruses
adenoviruses
noun
plural of adenovirus
adequateness
adequateness
noun
The quality of being adequate, of meeting needs or expectations.
adiapneustia
adiapneustia
noun
(medicine) defective perspiration; adiaphoresis
adjectitious
adjectitious
adj
(formal) Added; additional.
adjournments
adjournments
noun
plural of adjournment
adjustmental
adjustmental
adj
Relating to adjustment.
adstipulated
adularescent
adularescent
adj
Exhibiting adularescence.
adulterators
adulterators
noun
plural of adulterator
adulteresses
adulteresses
noun
plural of adulteress
adulterously
adulterously
adv
In an adulterous manner.
advantageous
advantageous
adj
Being of advantage, beneficial.
advectitious
advectitious
adj
Relating to, or transported by, advection.
adventitious
adventitious
adj
(biology) Developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source.
(genetics, medicine) Not congenital; acquired.
Accidental, additional, appearing casually.
From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.
adventurisms
adventurisms
noun
plural of adventurism
adventurists
adventurists
noun
plural of adventurist
adversarious
adversarious
adj
(archaic) hostile; adversarial
aechmophorus
aeluropodous
aeroacoustic
aeroacoustic
adj
Relating to aeroacoustics.
aeroneurosis
aeroneurosis
noun
(aviation, medicine, pathology) A disorder afflicting pilots and members of aviation crews, characterized by exhaustion, fearfulness, and other symptoms of physical and emotional distress, associated with prolonged flying times and stressful flight conditions.
aeropleustic
aeropleustic
adj
(humorous) Of or pertaining to aerial navigation.
aesculaceous
aetheogamous
aetheogamous
adj
(botany) Of the nature of an aetheogam.
affluentness
affluentness
noun
The state or quality of being affluent.
afterburners
afterburners
noun
plural of afterburner
agapanthuses
agapanthuses
noun
plural of agapanthus
agaricaceous
agaricaceous
adj
(mycology) Belonging to the Agaricaceae.
agglutinates
agglutinates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agglutinate
agribusiness
agribusiness
noun
(countable) A business or group of businesses engaged in agriculture, particularly if using modern farming techniques in the process.
(uncountable) Business (especially big business) connected to agriculture, either owning or operating large-scale farms, or catering to those who do.
agricultures
agricultures
noun
plural of agriculture
agriochoerus
aiguillesque
aiguillesque
adj
Shaped like an aiguille.
aiguillettes
aiguillettes
noun
plural of aiguillette
ailurophiles
ailurophiles
noun
plural of ailurophile
ailurophobes
ailurophobes
noun
plural of ailurophobe
alalcomeneus
albopruinose
albumenising
albumenising
verb
present participle of albumenise
alexandrinus
alhambresque
alhambresque
Adjective
Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra palace, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture.
alkaliferous
alkaliferous
adj
Yielding alkalis.
alkaligenous
alkaligenous
adj
Producing or generating alkali.
allosauruses
allosauruses
noun
plural of allosaurus
alluringness
alluringness
noun
The state or quality of being alluring.
allusiveness
allusiveness
noun
The quality of being allusive.
amateurishly
amateurishly
adv
In an amateurish manner; without expertise or professionalism.
amberiferous
amberiferous
adj
Containing or yielding amber.
ambidextrous
ambidextrous
adj
(archaic) Practising or siding with both parties.
(humorous) Of a person, bisexual.
Equally usable by left-handed and right-handed people (as a tool or instrument).
Exceptionally skillful; adept in more than one medium, genre, style, etc.
Having equal ability in both hands; in particular, able to write equally well with both hands.
ambisextrous
ambisextrous
adj
(humorous, sometimes offensive, of a person) Bisexual.
Epicene, androgynous.
Having both male and female, or masculine and feminine elements.
ambleocarpus
ambulatories
ambulatories
noun
plural of ambulatory
amentiferous
amentiferous
adj
(botany) Bearing catkins.
amphicoelous
amphicoelous
adj
(zoology, of vertebrae) Having both ends concave; biconcave.
amphidesmous
amphineurous
amphinucleus
amphipneusta
ampullaceous
ampullaceous
adj
Shaped like a swollen bottle.
anemochorous
anemochorous
adj
(botany) Adapted for dispersal via wind.
anemophilous
anemophilous
adj
(botany) Pollinated by the wind.
anencephalus
anencephalus
noun
anencephaly
aneuploidies
aneuploidies
noun
plural of aneuploidy
aneurismally
aneurismatic
aneurismatic
adj
Alternative spelling of aneurysmatic
aneurysmally
aneurysmally
adv
In an aneurysmal way.
aneurysmatic
aneurysmatic
adj
(medicine) Describing a blood vessel that has an aneurysm; aneurysmal
angularities
angularities
noun
plural of angularity
angulateness
anguliferous
angusticlave
angusticlave
noun
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank
anilinctuses
anisopleural
anisopterous
anitrogenous
anotherguess
anotherguess
adj
(archaic) Of another kind.
antependiums
antependiums
noun
plural of antependium
antesignanus
antesuperior
anthomedusae
anthomedusan
anthomedusan
noun
Any hydrozoan of the former order Anthomedusae (now Anthoathecata)
anthospermum
antialbumose
antibusiness
antibusiness
adj
Opposed to or biased against business, or private enterprise
anticonsumer
anticonsumer
adj
Opposing the consumer.
noun
A person of anticonsumerist beliefs.
antidiffuser
antineutrons
antineutrons
noun
plural of antineutron
antinucleons
antinucleons
noun
plural of antinucleon
antiopelmous
antiopelmous
adj
(zoology) Of birds: having a zygodactylous foot with one tendon to flex the third toe and another, trifurcate tendon to flex the first, second and fourth toes.
antipetalous
antipetalous
adj
(botany) Alternative form of antepetalous
antipleasure
antipleasure
adj
Opposing pleasure.
antisensuous
antisensuous
adj
not being sensuous.
antisepalous
antisepalous
adj
(botany) Alternative form of antesepalous
antisuffrage
antisuffrage
adj
(politics) Opposing suffrage.
antitrusters
antitrusters
noun
plural of antitruster
antitussives
antitussives
noun
plural of antitussive
antivenomous
antivenomous
adj
(pharmacology, immunology) acting against venom
apneumatosis
apneumatosis
noun
(medicine) atelectasis
apocynaceous
apocynaceous
adj
(botany) Of the family Apocynaceae, which contains the periwinkle and oleander.
apostematous
apostematous
adj
Of or pertaining to an aposteme; having the nature of an aposteme; characterised by apostemes.
appendicious
appenditious
applausively
applausively
adv
In an applausive manner.
appressorium
appressorium
noun
(mycology) A bulbous formation produced by parasitic fungi that is well attached to the cuticle of the host and from where a peg-shaped hypha is formed that penetrates the cuticle.
appurtenants
appurtenants
noun
plural of appurtenant
apterygotous
aquacultures
aquacultures
noun
plural of aquaculture
aquarellists
aquarellists
noun
plural of aquarellist
aquativeness
aquativeness
noun
(phrenology, obsolete, obscure) love of liquids, including drinking, bathing, and sailing.
aqueoigneous
aqueoigneous
adj
(archaic) Synonym of igneoaqueous
aquicultures
aquicultures
noun
plural of aquiculture
aquilinities
aquilinities
noun
plural of aquilinity
arabesquerie
arabesquerie
noun
arabesque ornamentation
arbitrageurs
arbitrageurs
noun
plural of arbitrageur
archdukedoms
archdukedoms
noun
plural of archdukedom
archesporium
archesporium
noun
(botany) Any of the cells of the sporangium that give rise to spores.
archisupreme
architeuthis
architeuthis
noun
A giant squid (genus Architeuthis).
arcocentrous
arcubalister
arcubalister
noun
A crossbowman; one who used the arcubalist.
argillaceous
argillaceous
adj
(chiefly geology) pertaining to clay; made of, containing, or resembling clay