Referring to the alphabet; alphabetical; related to or resembling an abecedarius; abecedarian.
noun
(rare) The alphabet, written out in a teaching book, or carved on a wall; a primer; abecedarium.
One that teaches or learns the alphabet or the fundamentals of any subject; abecedarian.
abernathy
abernethy
abernethy
Proper noun
A village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland
aberrancy
aberrancy
noun
(geometry) The deviation of a curve from circular form.
The condition of being aberrant; an aberrance.
accessary
accessary
adj
(law) Accompanying as a subordinate; additional; accessory; especially, uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See accessory.
noun
(law) Someone who accedes to some act, now especially a crime; one who contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense.
accessory
accessory
adj
(law) Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal.
Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; contributing or being contributory. Said of things and actions, very rarely of people (and then usually in a humorous version of the legal sense [or due to confusion between the noun and the adjective]).
Present in a minor amount, and not essential.
noun
(art) Something in a work of art without being indispensably necessary, for example solely ornamental parts.
(fashion) An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves.
(law) A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator.
Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment.
acheilary
achyrodes
acopyrine
acoumetry
acoumetry
noun
The measuring of the power or extent of hearing.
acrogynae
acrylates
acrylates
noun
plural of acrylate
adherency
adherency
noun
(obsolete) That which adheres.
(obsolete) The state or quality of being adherent; adherence.
admiredly
admiredly
adv
(archaic) So as to be admired.
adrenally
adrenally
adv
In adrenal terms.
adversary
adversary
noun
An opponent or rival.
adversely
adversely
adv
In an adverse manner.
adversity
adversity
noun
(countable) An event that is adverse; calamity.
(uncountable) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.
aepyceros
aepyornis
aeriality
aeriality
noun
The state of being aerial or airy; insubstantiality.
aerifying
aerifying
verb
present participle of aerify
aerodynes
aerodynes
noun
plural of aerodyne
aerognosy
aeromancy
aeromancy
noun
Divination by use of atmospheric conditions.
aerometry
aerometry
noun
The science of measuring the air, including its pressure, rarefaction, and condensation; pneumatics.
aeropathy
aeropathy
noun
illness caused by a change in atmospheric pressure
aerophagy
aerophagy
noun
(medicine) the swallowing of air, especially in hysteria.
aerophyte
aerophyte
noun
(biology) epiphyte
aeroscopy
aeroscopy
noun
(obsolete, meteorology) The branch of meteorology that involves the scientific examination of the various properties and composition of the atmosphere, and their variation
(rare) divination by observation of the sky
(zoology) aeroscepsy
aeroyacht
aeroyacht
noun
(archaic) aeroboat
affrayers
affrayers
noun
plural of affrayer
afterbody
afterbody
noun
(astronautics) A section or piece of a launch vehicle, rocket, or spacecraft that enters the atmosphere unprotected behind the nose cone or other body that is protected for entry.
(astronomy) A companion body that trails a satellite or spacecraft.
(nautical) The part of a vessel abaft midships.
The afterpart of a vehicle.
afterdays
afterdays
noun
(archaic) Days that follow; a later time or period; (figuratively) people in the future.
afterplay
afterplay
noun
In human sexual behavior, the erotic acts done after finishing sex.
agreeably
agreeably
adv
(obsolete) Alike; similarly.
In accordance.
In an agreeable or pleasing manner
agriotype
agriotype
noun
An ancestral wild form of a domestic animal or plant.
agrypnode
ailantery
airlessly
airlessly
adv
In a airless manner; without air.
alarmedly
alarmedly
adv
In an alarmed manner.
albertype
albertype
noun
(historical) A picture printed from a kind of gelatine plate produced by means of a photographic negative.
alectryon
alertedly
aleyrodes
aleyrodid
aleyrodid
noun
(zoology) Any insect of the whitefly family, Aleyrodidae.
algometry
algometry
noun
(medicine) The scientific measurement of responses to pain stimuli.
allectory
allenarly
allenarly
adv
(Scotland, archaic) Solely; only.
allometry
allometry
noun
(biology) Disproportionate growth of a part of a living organism in relation to the whole.
(biology) The science studying the differential growth rates of the parts of a living organism.
allottery
allottery
noun
(obsolete) Allotment. portion, allocation.
alterably
alterably
adv
In an alterable manner.
alternacy
alternacy
noun
alternateness; alternation
alternity
alternity
noun
(archaic) alternation
The concept that there exist alternate worlds or universes to the one in which we live.
altimetry
altimetry
noun
The science of measuring altitude.
alveolary
alveolary
adj
alveolar
ambrotype
ambrotype
noun
(photography, historical) An early type of photograph in which a glass negative appears positive when displayed on a black background.
(archaic) Something ancient (countable); ancient things (collectively).
(archaic) The olden days; antiquity.
(archaic) The quality or fact of being ancient or very old.
androcyte
androgyne
androgyne
noun
A person who is androgynous.
An androgynous plant.
aneurysms
aneurysms
noun
plural of aneurysm
anhydrate
anhydrate
noun
(chemistry) The anhydrous form of a normally hydrated compound
(organic chemistry) An acid anhydride
verb
To dehydrate, especially in food processing.
anhydride
anhydride
noun
(chemistry) any compound formally derived from another (or from others) by the loss of a water molecule, especially acid anhydrides
anhydrite
anhydrite
noun
(mineralogy) An evaporite mineral made of anhydrous calcium sulfate.
anhydrize
antennary
antennary
adj
(organic chemistry) branching
Relating to antennae or feelers
anywheres
anywheres
adv
(US, nonstandard, slang or dialectal) anywhere
anywither
anywither
adv
Archaic form of anywhither.
apparency
apparency
noun
(obsolete) Appearance.
The position of being heir apparent.
The quality of being apparent; apparentness.
apteryges
apteryxes
apteryxes
noun
plural of apteryx
apyrexial
apyrexial
adj
(medicine) Relating to apyrexy.
apyrotype
archegony
archegony
noun
(biology) spontaneous generation; abiogenesis
archelogy
archelogy
noun
The science of first principles.
archenemy
archenemy
noun
A principal enemy.
A supreme and most powerful enemy.
archetype
archetype
noun
(literature) A character, object, or story that is based on a known character, object, or story.
(psychology) According to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung: a universal pattern of thought, present in an individual's unconscious, inherited from the past collective experience of humanity.
(textual criticism) A protograph (“original manuscript of a text from which all further copies derive”).
An ideal example of something; a quintessence.
An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype.
verb
To depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetype.
archicyte
arcuately
arcuately
adv
In an arcuate way.
arenosity
arenosity
noun
The quality or degree of being arenose.
areometry
areometry
noun
The study of the measurement of specific gravity of liquids.
areostyle
areostyle
noun
Alternative form of araeostyle
aretalogy
aretalogy
noun
A form of sacred biography in which a deity's attributes are listed, in the form of poem or text, in the first person.
armlessly
armlessly
adv
In an armless way; without arms.
arrayment
arrectary
arrectary
noun
(obsolete) A vertical beam or post.
arroyuelo
arsyversy
arterying
artillery
artillery
noun
(archaic) Weapons.
An army unit that uses such weapons, or a military formation using projectile weapons, such as archers.
Gunnery.
Large projectile weapons, in modern usage usually large guns, but also rocket artillery.
artlessly
artlessly
adv
In an artless manner.
aryanised
aryanized
arylamine
arylamine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any amine having at least one aryl group attached to the nitrogen atom.
arytenoid
arytenoid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to or being an arytenoid cartilage.
(anatomy) Relating to or being an arytenoid muscle.
noun
(anatomy) Ellipsis of arytenoid cartilage..
(anatomy) Ellipsis of arytenoid muscle..
aspersory
aspersory
adj
aspersive
noun
Synonym of aspersorium
assertory
assertory
adj
Affirming; maintaining.
assessory
assuredly
assuredly
adv
In an assured manner; certainly.
astrocyte
astrocyte
noun
(neurology) A neuroglial cell, in the shape of a star, in the brain.
astrogeny
astrogeny
noun
The creation or evolution of the stars or heavens.
asymmetry
asymmetry
noun
Absence of symmetry or proportion between the parts of a thing, or a distinction that produces such a lack of symmetry.
The lack of a common measure between two objects or quantities; incommensurability.
asynergia
asynergia
noun
(pathology) A lack of muscular coordination
athrocyte
athrocyte
noun
(biology) A cell that ingests foreign particles
athyridae
atmolyzer
atmolyzer
noun
(chemistry) An apparatus for carrying out atmolysis.
atmometry
atmometry
noun
The measurement of the rate of evaporation of a liquid.
atterbury
attorneys
attorneys
noun
plural of attorney
aureately
aureously
austerely
austerely
adv
In an austere manner.
austerity
austerity
noun
(economics) A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both.
(obsolete) Sourness and harshness to the taste.
Freedom from adornment; plainness; severe simplicity.
Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
autometry
autometry
noun
(mathematics) An isometry of a metric space to itself
averagely
averagely
adv
In an average manner
With regard to an average
avertedly
avertedly
adv
In an averted manner; turned away.
aydendron
aylesbury
aylesbury
Proper noun
a town in Buckinghamshire, England
ayurvedas
ayurvedic
ayurvedic
adj
Alternative spelling of Ayurvedic
azeotropy
azeotropy
noun
(physics, chemistry) The formation of an azeotrope; the condition of being azeotropic
baboonery
baboonery
noun
Baboonish behavior.
baldberry
baneberry
baneberry
noun
A flowering plant of the genus Actaea, also called genus Cimicifuga.
The poisonous berry of one of these plants.
bapistery
barbulyie
barklyite
barklyite
noun
A magenta-coloured turbid variety of ruby from Victoria, Australia.
barleymow
barometry
barometry
noun
The art or process of making barometrical measurements.
baronetcy
baronetcy
noun
The rank of a baronet.
baroquely
baroquely
adv
In a baroque style.
barreleye
barreleye
noun
A small, deep-sea osmeriform fish of the family Opisthoproctidae, with barrel-shaped, tubular eyes which are generally directed upwards to detect the silhouettes of available prey.
barrulety
barrymore
baryecoia
barytones
barytones
noun
plural of barytone
bayadeers
bayadeers
noun
plural of bayadeer
bayaderes
bayaderes
noun
plural of bayadere
bearberry
bearberry
noun
Any of three dwarf shrubs of the genus Arctostaphylos, which principally grow in arctic and subarctic regions and bear edible berries.
Arbutus menziesii.
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, the common bearberry.
beardsley
bearishly
bearishly
adv
In a bearish manner.
berdyayev
berycidae
beryllate
beryllate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The anion BeO₂²⁻ or any salt containing this anion
berytidae
betrayals
betrayals
noun
plural of betrayal
betrayers
betrayers
noun
plural of betrayer
betraying
betraying
noun
betrayal
verb
present participle of betray
bewrayers
bewrayers
noun
plural of bewrayer
bewraying
bewraying
noun
The act or process of divulging or revealing information
verb
present participle of bewray
biscayner
bizarrely
bizarrely
adv
In a bizarre manner
blaeberry
blaeberry
noun
(Northern England, Scotland, dialect) The bilberry, Vaccinium myrtillus.