of. Sometimes used instead of abductor when referring to the anatomical muscles.
aberdonian
aberdonian
Adjective
Of or relating to Aberdeen.
Noun
A citizen or inhabitant of, or person born in, Aberdeen, NE Scotland.
aborticide
aborticide
noun
An agent responsible for an abortion (the destruction of a fetus); abortifacient.
The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.
aboveboard
aboveboard
adj
Alternative form of above-board
absconders
absconders
noun
plural of absconder
absorbedly
absorbedly
adv
In a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged.
accordable
accordable
adj
(obsolete) Reconcilable; in accordance
Able to be given or dispensed.
accordance
accordance
noun
Agreement; harmony; conformity; compliance.
The act of granting something.
accordancy
accordancy
noun
(obsolete, rare) accordance
accordions
accordions
noun
plural of accordion
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accordion
accoutered
accoutered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accouter
accroached
accroached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accroach
acensuador
acequiador
achondrite
achondrite
noun
(astronomy, geology) Any stony meteorite that contains no chondrules
acichlorid
acidometer
acidometer
noun
A hydrometer, especially one that is used to measure the strength of an acid.
Any of various other devices used to measure acidity, either chemical or electronic.
acidometry
acidometry
noun
Alternative form of acidimetry
acridonium
acridonium
noun
Alternative form of acridinium
acrindolin
acromyodic
acromyodic
adj
Relating to the acromyodians
acropodium
acropodium
noun
(anatomy) The upper surface of the foot
(architecture) A plinth or pedestal bearing a statue
acrospired
acrospired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acrospire
adaptorial
adaptorial
adj
Tending to adapt or fit; adaptive.
adenoneure
adenophora
adenophore
adenoviral
adenoviral
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or caused by an adenovirus
adenovirus
adenovirus
noun
(medicine) Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
adiaphoral
adiaphoral
adj
Being or relating to an adiaphoron.
adiaphoron
adiaphoron
noun
(philosophy) A matter that is morally neutral.
(theology) Something neither forbidden nor commanded by scripture.
adipometer
adipometer
noun
A calliper used to estimate the amount of internal fat by measuring the thickness of a fold of skin
adiposuria
adiposuria
noun
Synonym of lipuria
adirondack
adirondack
Noun
A member of an Algonquin people that lived along the Ottawa River in Ontario and Quebec.
Proper noun
The Adirondacks
adjourning
adjourning
verb
present participle of adjourn
adjuration
adjuration
noun
A grave warning.
A solemn oath.
adjuratory
adjuratory
adj
Of or pertaining to an adjuration.
adjustores
admiration
admiration
noun
(obsolete) Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise.
(obsolete) Wondering or questioning (without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject).
A positive emotion including wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful
admonisher
admonisher
noun
One who admonishes.
admonitory
admonitory
adj
Of or pertaining to an admonition; serving to reprove, warn or advise.
admonitrix
admonitrix
noun
(archaic) A female admonitor.
adorations
adorations
noun
plural of adoration
adornation
adornation
Noun
adornment
adorningly
adorningly
adv
decoratively; using adornments.
adornments
adornments
noun
plural of adornment
adrenalone
adrenalone
noun
An adrenergic agonist used as a topical vasoconstrictor and hemostatic.
adrianople
adroitness
adroitness
noun
skillfulness or ease of ability.
adsorbable
adsorbable
adj
Able to be adsorbed
adsorbates
adsorbates
noun
plural of adsorbate
adsorbents
adsorbents
noun
plural of adsorbent
adsorption
adsorption
noun
The adhesion of a liquid or gas on the surface of a solid material, forming a thin film on the surface.
adsorptive
adsorptive
adj
Pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption.
noun
Any substance that adsorbs.
adulterous
adulterous
adj
Of, or characterized by adultery.
advisatory
advisatory
adj
(law) Advisory.
advisories
advisories
noun
plural of advisory
advisorily
advisorily
adv
By way of advice.
advocatory
advocatory
adj
Characteristic of an advocate.
advocatrix
aeluroidea
aerodontia
aerodontic
aerodromes
aerodromes
noun
plural of aerodrome
affordable
affordable
adj
Able to be afforded; inexpensive or reasonably priced.
afforested
afforested
adj
Created by afforestation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afforest
aforenamed
aforenamed
Adjective
Named earlier in a document.
africanoid
africanoid
Noun
A Negroid.
afterdrops
aftersound
aftersound
noun
(acoustics) The second, slower phase of decay in the sound made by a piano string when it is struck.
(phonetics, obsolete) A weaker sound that immediately follows a more salient one, such as the second, less prominent vowel sound in a falling diphthong.
A sound that persists or remains audible after its source has ceased to produce it; the perception of such a sound.
afterworld
afterworld
noun
A supposed world that is entered after death; the realm of the afterlife.
agostadero
agrionidae
ailuroidea
ailuropoda
airdropped
airdropped
adj
dropped from an aircraft
verb
simple past tense and past participle of airdrop
airproofed
airproofed
adj
That has been made airtight
alamogordo
aldehydrol
alderwoman
alderwoman
noun
(rare) A female alderman.
alderwomen
alderwomen
noun
plural of alderwoman
aldrovanda
alessandro
alexandros
alexandros
Proper noun
A transliteration of the Greek male given name
allargando
allargando
adv
(music) Decreasing in tempo; getting slower.
almoravide
alodiaries
ambassador
ambassador
noun
A corporate representative, often the public face of the company.
A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country. (Sometimes called ambassador-in-residence)
An official messenger and representative.
ambodexter
ambodexter
noun
Obsolete spelling of ambidexter.
amendatory
amendatory
adj
For the purpose of amending or correction.
amidrazone
amidrazone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of nitrogen derivatives of carboxylic acids having a tautomeric structure represented by the general formulas RC(=NH)NHNH₂ and RC(NH₂)=NNH₂
amphodarch
anadromous
anadromous
adj
(botany) Of a fern in which the first veins in a frond segment are produced towards the apex of the frond.
(of a migratory fish) That lives in the sea and breeds in fresh water.
anandrious
anchorhold
anchorhold
noun
(figurative) Firm hold; security.
The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds.
The residence of an anchorite or anchoress.
ancistroid
ancistroid
adj
Hook-shaped.
anderstorp
androconia
androconia
noun
plural of androconium
androcracy
androcracy
noun
(government, sociology) Government or rule by men.
androeccia
androecial
androecial
adj
(botany) Relating to the androecium
androecium
androecium
noun
(botany) The set of a flower's stamens.
androgenic
androgenic
adj
(biochemistry) Of, relating to, or being an androgen.
androgonia
androgynal
androgynal
adj
androgynous
androgynia
androgynic
androgynus
androgynus
noun
A hermaphrodite.
androkinin
androlepsy
andromache
andromache
Proper noun
the wife of Hector
andromania
andromaque
andronicus
andronitis
androphore
androphore
noun
(botany) A support or column on which stamens are raised
(zoology) The part which, in some Siphonophorae, bears the male gonophores.
androphyll
andropogon
andropogon
noun
(botany) Any member of the grass genus Andropogon.
androspore
androspore
noun
(biology) A spore with male functions, in some algae.
anemochord
angledozer
angledozer
noun
A kind of bulldozer whose blade can be tilted at an angle
anhidrosis
anhidrosis
noun
(medicine) The reduced ability or inability to sweat.
anhidrotic
anhidrotic
adj
lacking the ability to sweat
noun
(pharmacology) A substance that prevents sweating
anhydrosis
anhydrosis
noun
Misspelling of anhidrosis.
anhydrotic
annerodite
anodendron
antadiform
antanandro
antedorsal
anthracoid
anthracoid
adj
(biology) Resembling anthrax.
anthradiol
anthropoid
anthropoid
adj
(anatomy, in pelvimetry) Of the pelvis, having an anteroposterior diameter equal or exceeding the transverse diameter.
having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance
having characteristics of an ape
noun
An anthropoid animal.
antidorcas
antidotary
antidotary
adj
(pharmacology) Relating to or being an antidote, antidotal.
noun
(historical) A book of antidotes or pharmacological preparations.
(obsolete) An antidote.
antidromal
antidromal
adj
(botany) antidromous
(neurology) antidromic
antidromic
antidromic
adj
(neurology, of a nerve impulse) flowing in the opposite direction from normal
antimodern
antimodern
adj
Opposed to modernity or modernization
noun
A person opposed to modernity or modernization
aperulosid
aphrodisia
aphrodisia
noun
(archaic) sexual intercourse
A state of sexual desire.
aphroditic
aphroditic
adj
(Greek mythology) Of or pertaining to Aphrodite
venereal
apodyteria
apodyteria
noun
plural of apodyterium
aporrhaoid
appledrone
approached
approached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of approach
approbated
approbated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of approbate
approvedly
approvedly
adv
So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
araneoidea
archdeacon
archdeacon
noun
(Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy) A senior administrative official in a diocese, just under the bishop, often in charge of an archdeaconry. As a title, it can be filled by either a deacon or priest.