(rare) superlative form of absolute: most absolute
absolutive
absolutive
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to the grammatical case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action.
(rare) Of, exhibiting, or pertaining to absolution; absolutory, absolving.
noun
(grammar) An uninflected verb form used to indicate another action performed by the subject of the principal verb.
(grammar) The absolutive case, or a phrase that uses it.
absolutize
absolutize
verb
(transitive) To make absolute.
absolvable
absolvable
adj
That may be absolved.
absorbable
absorbable
adj
Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.
noun
A material that can be absorbed.
absorbedly
absorbedly
adv
In a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged.
acalephoid
acalephoid
adj
Belonging to or resembling the Acalephae, or jellyfishes.
acarpelous
acarpelous
adj
Alternative spelling of acarpellous
accomplice
accomplice
noun
(law) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.
(rare) A cooperator.
accordable
accordable
adj
(obsolete) Reconcilable; in accordance
Able to be given or dispensed.
accostable
accostable
adj
(obsolete, rare) Approachable; affable.
acephalous
acephalous
adj
(botany) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries
(of a manuscript) Lacking the first portion of the text.
(prosody) Deficient in the beginning, as a line of poetry that is missing its expected opening syllable.
(rare) Without a beginning.
(social sciences, political science, sociology) A system of society without centralised state authority, where power is welded amongst groups of community entities e.g. clans. Without a leader or chief.
(zoology, applied to bivalve mollusks) Without a distinct head.
Having no head.
acetaminol
acetolysis
acetolysis
noun
(organic chemistry) The breakdown of an organic compound using either acetic acid or acetic anhydride
acetolytic
acetolytic
adj
Relating to acetolysis.
acetylator
acetylator
noun
(biochemistry) A human being or other organism that can metabolize certain drugs by acetylating them (to a greater or lesser extent).
achitophel
acidophile
acidophile
noun
A plant that thrives in relatively acid soil.
An organism that lives and thrives under acidic conditions; a form of extremophile.
acleistous
acoelomata
acoelomate
acoelomate
adj
(zoology) Having no coelom.
noun
(zoology) Any animal without a coelom.
acoelomous
acoelomous
adj
Synonym of acoelomate
acolyctine
acolyctine
noun
(organic chemistry) An organic base, in the form of a white powder, obtained from Aconitum lycoctonum.
acolythate
acolythate
noun
The office of an acolyte
acondylose
acondylose
adj
Alternative form of acondylous
aconelline
acotyledon
acotyledon
noun
(botany) A plant that has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants.
acrologies
acromegaly
acromegaly
noun
(pathology) A chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones of the extremities, face, and jaw that is caused by over-activity of the pituitary gland.
acropoleis
acropoleis
noun
plural of acropolis
acroterial
acroterial
adj
Pertaining to an acroterium.
actinolite
actinolite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral with monoclinic crystals of the chemical formula Ca₂(Mg,Fe)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂, belonging to the amphibole group.
actionable
actionable
adj
(law) Affording grounds for legal action.
I'm sure it's not good of me to write that he's a lush, but is it actionable?
That can be acted on; that can be used as the basis for taking action.
actionless
actionless
adj
Lacking action; particularly with respect to entertainment, dull, boring.
acuclosure
aculeiform
aculeiform
adj
Like a prickle or thorn
aculeolate
aculeolate
adj
Having small prickles or sharp points.
adelantado
adelantado
noun
(historical) A governor of a province; a commander, in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries.
adenoblast
adenoblast
noun
(cytology) An embryonic cell that can develop to form glandular parenchyma
adenoviral
adenoviral
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or caused by an adenovirus
adhesional
adhesional
adj
Relating to adhesion.
adjoinedly
adjoinedly
adv
In an adjoined manner; connectedly.
adlegation
adlegation
noun
A right formerly claimed by the states of the German Empire of joining their own ministers with those of the emperor in public treaties and negotiations to the common interest of the empire.
adolescent
adolescent
adj
Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult.
noun
A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.
adolescing
adolescing
verb
present participle of adolesce
adoptively
adoptively
adv
In a adoptive manner; by adoption.
adrenalone
adrenalone
noun
An adrenergic agonist used as a topical vasoconstrictor and hemostatic.
adrianople
adsorbable
adsorbable
adj
Able to be adsorbed
adulterous
adulterous
adj
Of, or characterized by adultery.
aeciotelia
aedoeology
aegithalos
aeluroidea
aeolididae
aeolodicon
aeolodicon
noun
(music) An obsolete keyed wind instrument resembling the harmonium, its tone produced from steel springs.
aeolotropy
aeolotropy
noun
(physics) The phenomenon whereby the physical properties (e.g, electric conductivity, refractive index) of a body depend on the direction in which they are measured.
aerocolpos
aerocolpos
noun
(rare, medicine) Vaginal gas; air or gas trapped in the vagina.
aerolitics
aerolitics
noun
The scientific study of aerolites.
aerologies
aerologies
noun
plural of aerology
aerologist
aerologist
noun
One who studies, or is knowledgable in, aerology.
aerophilia
aerophilic
aerophilic
adj
(biology, especially of microorganisms) That thrive in the presence of molecular oxygen
aeroplaner
aeroplaner
noun
(archaic) An aeroplane pilot.
aeroplanes
aeroplanes
noun
plural of aeroplane
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aeroplane
aerosolize
aerosolize
verb
(American spelling) Alternative form of aerosolise
aethalioid
aetiologue
affordable
affordable
adj
Able to be afforded; inexpensive or reasonably priced.
afterglows
afterglows
noun
plural of afterglow
afterworld
afterworld
noun
A supposed world that is entered after death; the realm of the afterlife.
agathocles
aggelation
agonizedly
agonizedly
adv
In an agonized manner
agricolite
agrologies
agrosteral
agrosterol
ahepatokla
ahithophel
ailuroidea
akroterial
aktiebolag
alanbrooke
albarellos
alboranite
albumenoid
albumenoid
noun
Alternative form of albuminoid
albuminone
albuminone
noun
(organic chemistry, dated) A principle derived from certain albuminoids; it is soluble in alcohol and is not coagulable by heat.
albuminose
albuminose
noun
Alternative form of albuminous
alcoholate
alcoholate
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) A crystalline salt containing alcohol in place of water of crystallization.
(organic chemistry) An alkoxide.
An alcoholic extract of plant material; a tincture.
alcoholise
alcoholise
verb
Alternative spelling of alcoholize
alcoholize
alcoholize
verb
(obsolete) To reduce to a fine powder
To convert into alcohol by fermentation, or to increase the concentration of alcohol by rectification
To infuse or saturate with an alcoholic spirit
To subject to the influence of alcohol
alcornoque
alcornoque
noun
The plant Bowdichia virgilioides.
alcyonacea
aldehydrol
alderwoman
alderwoman
noun
(rare) A female alderman.
alderwomen
alderwomen
noun
plural of alderwoman
aldohexose
aldohexose
noun
(biochemistry) Any hexose containing an aldehyde group.
aldoketene
aldononose
alectoriae
alessandro
aleurobius
alexandros
alexandros
Proper noun
A transliteration of the Greek male given name
algaeology
algaeology
noun
The study of algae.
algedonics
algedonics
noun
(management) The handling of critical events in ways that bypass the usual chain of reporting in order to respond more urgently.
The scientific study of pleasure and pain responses.
algodonite
algodonite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal copper arsenide mineral.
algologies
algometric
algometric
Adjective
Relating to algometry.
alienation
alienation
noun
(property law) The transfer of property to another person.
(theater) Verfremdungseffekt.
Emotional isolation or dissociation.
The act of alienating.
The state of being alienated.
alienicola
aliethmoid
alineation
alineation
noun
Alternative form of allineation
alipterion
allegation
allegation
noun
An assertion, especially an accusation, not necessarily based on facts.
The act of alleging.
allegories
allegories
noun
plural of allegory
allegorise
allegorise
verb
(intransitive, British spelling) To use allegory.
(transitive, British spelling) To create an allegory from some event or situation.
allegorism
allegorism
noun
(theology) The belief that the primary value and significance of what is earthly and tangible is the way it points to the divine.
The use of allegory.
allegorist
allegorist
noun
One who speaks in, or writes, allegories.
allegorize
allegorize
verb
Alternative spelling of allegorise
allegretto
allegretto
adv
(music) To be played rather fast and lively.
noun
(music) A movement in this time.
allentando
alleviator
alleviator
noun
That who or which alleviates.
alliaceous
alliaceous
adj
Smelling or tasting of garlic or onion.
allobroges
allochetia
allochezia
allochezia
noun
defecation from somewhere other than the anus
expulsion through the anus something other than feces
allocutive
alloerotic
alloerotic
adj
having erotic desire of or attraction to another person of any sex
allogamies
allogeneic
allogeneic
adj
(genetics) Genetically different because of being derived from separate individuals of the same species.
(immunology) Of a reaction that occurs when cells are transplanted into a genetically different recipient.
alloimmune
alloimmune
adj
(pathology) Characterized by alloimmunity, which is immunity, obtained from a tissue graft from another person, against one's own cells.
alloisomer
alloisomer
noun
(chemistry) Synonym of geometric isomer
allomerism
allomerism
noun
(chemistry) Variability in chemical composition without variation in crystalline form.
allomerize
allomerize
verb
To undergo allomerization
allomerous
allomerous
adj
(chemistry) Characterized by allomerism.
allometric
allometric
adj
(mathematics, of a population) That grows at a rate proportional to a power of another population
Of or pertaining to allometry
allophones
allophones
noun
plural of allophone
allosteric
allosteric
adj
(biochemistry, of an enzyme) That binds a compound on an inactive site and thus changes macromolecular conformation or dynamics in order to become either active or inactive
noun
(biochemistry) An allosteric modulator
allotheism
allotheism
noun
Worship of a god or gods that are foreign to one's own land.
allotheist
allotheria
allotments
allotments
noun
plural of allotment
allotropes
allotropes
noun
plural of allotrope
allottable
allottable
adj
Able to be allotted
allotypies
allotypies
noun
plural of allotypy
allowanced
allowanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of allowance