(now rare) A person or thing that precedes or goes before.
antechoirs
antechoirs
noun
plural of antechoir
antecloset
antepectus
antescript
anthelices
anthelices
noun
plural of anthelix
anthoceros
anthriscus
antichorus
antichrist
antichrist
noun
One who works against the teachings of Christ.
anticivism
anticivism
noun
(obsolete) opposition to the body politic of citizens
anticlines
anticlines
noun
plural of anticline
anticorset
anticorset
adj
Opposing the wearing of corsets.
anticosine
anticosine
noun
Synonym of arccosine
anticrisis
anticrisis
adj
(politics) Intended to prevent or counter a crisis.
antidorcas
antiknocks
antiknocks
noun
plural of antiknock
antilochus
antilyssic
antilyssic
adj
antihydrophobic
antimachus
antimystic
antipascha
antipastic
antiphysic
antipsoric
antipsoric
adj
(pharmacology) Effective against the itch.
noun
(medicine) Any remedy for the itch.
antiracism
antiracism
adj
Acting to combat or prevent racism
noun
(sociology) Opposition to racism.
antischool
antischool
adj
Opposed to schools.
antiscians
antiscolic
antiscolic
adj
(medicine, obsolete) anthelmintic
antiseptic
antiseptic
adj
(pharmacology) Capable of preventing microbial infection.
Free of unpleasantness; prim, sanitized or bowdlerized.
Of, or relating to antisepsis, or the use of antiseptics.
Very clean; aseptic.
noun
(pharmacology) Any substance that inhibits the growth and reproduction of microorganisms. Generally includes only those that are used on living objects (as opposed to disinfectants) and aren't transported by the lymphatic system to destroy bacteria in the body (as opposed to antibiotics).
antisialic
antisocial
antisocial
adj
Antagonistic, hostile, or unfriendly toward others; menacing
Opposed to social order or the principles of society; hostile toward society
Unwilling or unable to cooperate and associate normally with other people
noun
An antisocial individual.
antistatic
antistatic
adj
Preventing the buildup of static electricity.
noun
An agent or substance that prevents the buildup of static electricity.
antoecians
antonovics
antroscope
antroscope
noun
An instrument that is used to inspect the maxillary antrum
antroscopy
antroscopy
noun
An antroscopic examination
apocyneous
apocyneous
adj
Relating to, or resembling, the dogbanes of the genus Apocynum.
appendices
appendices
noun
plural of appendice
plural of appendix
appliances
appliances
noun
plural of appliance
applicants
applicants
noun
plural of applicant
arabinosic
arabinosic
adj
Of or relating to arabinose.
arachnites
arachnitis
arachnitis
noun
Alternative form of arachnoiditis
archaising
archaising
verb
present participle of archaise
archangels
archangels
noun
plural of archangel
archebancs
archelenis
archfiends
archfiends
noun
plural of archfiend
archnesses
archnesses
noun
plural of archness
archonship
archonship
noun
The rank or office of an archon.
arciniegas
arenaceous
arenaceous
adj
(geology) Arenitic.
(of a plant) Growing in sandy soil.
(of soil) Sandy.
arianistic
arrogances
arrogances
noun
plural of arrogance
arsenicate
arsenicate
verb
To combine with arsenic; to treat or impregnate with arsenic.
arsenicism
arsenicism
noun
(pathology) A diseased condition produced by gradual arsenic poisoning.
arsenicize
arsenicize
verb
(transitive) To treat with arsenic.
arsenicked
arsenicked
adj
(rare) Poisoned with arsenic.
arthroncus
ascendable
ascendable
adj
Capable of being ascended.
ascendance
ascendance
noun
Ascendancy, superiority; the act of ascending.
ascendancy
ascendancy
noun
(ecology) A quantitative attribute of an ecosystem, defined as a function of the ecosystem's trophic network, and intended to indicate its ability to prevail against disturbance by virtue of its combined organization and size.
(historical, Ireland, sometimes capitalized) A class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century
Supremacy; dominant control; the quality of being in the ascendant.
ascendants
ascendants
noun
plural of ascendant
ascendence
ascendence
noun
Alternative form of ascendance
ascendency
ascendency
noun
Alternative spelling of ascendancy
ascendible
ascendible
adj
Capable of being ascended; climbable.
ascensions
ascensions
noun
plural of ascension
ascertains
ascertains
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ascertain
ascescency
asclepidin
ascogenous
ascogenous
adj
(mycology) That grows from the ascogonium of a fungus
ascogonial
ascogonial
adj
Relating to ascogonia.
ascogonium
ascogonium
noun
(mycology) The spiral female organ of an ascomycetous fungus from which asci are produced
ascolichen
ascolichen
noun
Any lichen whose fungal component is an ascomycete
ascription
ascription
noun
(sociology) The stratification of people according to inborn characteristics (such as race or sex) outside of their control.
The act, or an instance, of ascribing a quality, characteristic, quotation, artistic work, or other thing to someone or something.
ashkenazic
ashkenazic
Adjective
Of or relating to the Ashkenazi Jews.
assapanick
assecution
assecution
noun
(obsolete) acquisition; an obtaining
assistance
assistance
noun
Aid; help; the act or result of assisting.
assistency
assonanced
assonanced
adj
(prosody) Containing assonance
assonances
assonances
noun
plural of assonance
assonantic
assurances
assurances
noun
plural of assurance
assurgency
assurgency
noun
A tendency to rise.
asthenical
asthenical
adj
(archaic) asthenic
asthenopic
asthenopic
adj
Having, or pertaining to, asthenopia.
astricting
astricting
verb
present participle of astrict
astriction
astriction
noun
(law, Scotland, historical) An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll. (The lands were said to be astricted to the mill.)
(medicine) A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance.
(obsolete) astringency
(obsolete) constipation
The act of binding; restriction; obligation.
astrionics
astrionics
noun
(astronautics) The science dealing with the application of electronics to astronautics.
astrogonic
astrogonic
adj
Of or pertaining to astrogony.
astromancy
astromancy
noun
Divination by the stars; astrology in its modern prophetic aspect.
astronomic
astronomic
adj
(figurative) of very large or immense proportions; colossal
pertaining or relating to astronomy
asynchrony
asynchrony
noun
The state of being asynchronous, or out of synchronization
asyntactic
asyntactic
adj
Not syntactic
athabascan
athabascan
Adjective
Pertaining to a group of peoples mostly inhabiting Alaska, western Canada, the Pacific coast of California and Oregon, and the Navajo and Apache peoples in the American Southwest.
Proper noun
The family of languages spoken by these peoples.
Noun
Any member of these peoples.
athapascan
atticising
austenitic
austenitic
adj
Relating to, or containing austenite
autonetics
avalanches
avalanches
noun
plural of avalanche
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avalanche
avenaceous
avenaceous
adj
Belonging to, or resembling, oats or the oat grasses.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedrench
benchmarks
benchmarks
noun
plural of benchmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benchmark
benedictus
benetnasch
besanctify
bescouring
bescreened
bescreened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bescreen
beseeching
beseeching
noun
A heartfelt plea.
verb
present participle of beseech
besticking
besticking
verb
present participle of bestick
bicornuous
bienseance
bijections
bijections
noun
plural of bijection
bilifuscin
bilifuscin
noun
(biochemistry) A brownish-green pigment, derived from bilirubin, found in human gallstones and in old bile.
binoculars
binoculars
noun
A hand-held device consisting of a series of lenses and prisms, used to magnify objects so that they can be better seen from a distance, and looked at through both eyes.
biocenosis
biocenosis
noun
(biology) a group of interacting animals and/or plants that form a particular ecosystem
biocoenose
biocoenose
noun
A living collection of life forms that are found together, interacting as a community within an ecosystem.
bioscience
bioscience
noun
Any of several sciences that deal with living organisms
biscuiting
bisections
bisections
noun
plural of bisection
bitchiness
bitchiness
noun
The characteristic of being bitchy.
blackeners
blackeners
noun
plural of blackener
blacksnake
blacksnake
noun
(US) A long, tapering whip.
(chiefly vulgar, slang) A penis, especially a black penis.
Alternative form of black snake: any of several relatively harmless North American snakes.