(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played slightly faster than adagio.
addicting
addicting
adj
(US) Causing addiction.
verb
present participle of addict
addington
adducting
adducting
verb
present participle of adduct
adigranth
adjusting
adjusting
noun
Adjustment.
verb
present participle of adjust
admitting
admitting
noun
An act of admission; an allowing to enter.
verb
present participle of admit
adstringe
adulating
adulating
verb
present participle of adulate
advecting
advecting
verb
present participle of advect
adverting
adverting
verb
present participle of advert
aeginetan
aeginetan
Adjective
Of or relating to Aegina.
Noun
An inhabitant of Aegina.
aeginetic
aegisthus
aegisthus
Proper noun
The murderer of Agamemnon and lover of his wife Clytemnestra.
aegritude
aetheling
aetiology
aetiology
noun
(medicine, countable) A cause of disease or of any particular case of a disease (but see pathology § Usage notes).
(medicine, uncountable) The study or investigation of the causes of disease; a scientific explanation for the origin of a disease.
The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something.
The study of causes or causation.
affecting
affecting
adj
Producing or causing strong feelings and emotions.
verb
present participle of affect
affreight
affreight
verb
To hire (a ship etc.) for the transportation of freight.
affrights
affrights
noun
plural of affright
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affright
afterings
afterings
noun
(by extension) The last of any substance that is of a poorer quality than the earlier substance, e.g. the dregs of coffee.
The last milk that is obtained when milking a cow. Often considered the poorest quality of milk.
afterking
agalactia
agalactia
noun
(pathology) The failure of a mother (human or otherwise) to produce sufficient milk following birth.
agalactic
agalactic
adj
agalactous
agatelike
agatelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of agate.
agatiform
agatiform
adj
Having the form of an agate; resembling an agate in appearance.
agatizing
agatizing
verb
present participle of agatize
agennetic
agentival
agentives
agentives
noun
plural of agentive
agentries
agentries
noun
plural of agentry
agentship
agentship
noun
(countable) The office or position of an agent.
(uncountable) A means of effecting something; agency.
aghlabite
agilities
agilities
noun
plural of agility
agilmente
agincourt
agiotages
agiotages
noun
plural of agiotage
agistator
agistator
noun
Alternative form of agistor
agistment
agistment
noun
(historical) The taking and feeding of other people's cattle in the king's forests; the price paid for such a feeding.
A charge or rate against lands
The taking in by any one of other people's livestock to graze at a certain rate.
agitating
agitating
verb
present participle of agitate
agitation
agitation
noun
(archaic) Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate.
A disturbance of personal tranquillity; disturbance of someone's peace of mind.
Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.
The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being disrupted with violence, or with irregular action; commotion.
agitative
agitative
adj
Tending to agitate.
agitators
agitators
noun
plural of agitator
agitatrix
agitatrix
noun
(rare) A woman who agitates; a female agitator.
agitprops
agitprops
noun
plural of agitprop
agitpunkt
agminated
agminated
adj
agminate
agnatical
agnatical
adj
agnatic
agnations
agnations
noun
plural of agnation
agnoetism
agnostics
agnostics
noun
plural of agnostic
agonistic
agonistic
adj
(pharmacology, biochemistry) Pertaining to an agonist.
(rhetoric) Argumentative; combative.
(zoology, anthropology) Characterised by conflict or hostility.
Of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks; athletic.
Struggling to achieve an effect; strained and contrived.
agreation
agrestial
agrestial
adj
Synonym of agrestic
agrestian
agrestian
adj
Synonym of agrestic (“rural, rustic”)
agrigento
agrigento
Proper noun
The capital city of Agrigento.
agrimotor
agrimotor
noun
(dated) A tractor (farm vehicle).
agriotype
agriotype
noun
An ancestral wild form of a domestic animal or plant.
aigrettes
aigrettes
noun
plural of aigrette
aitiology
aitiology
noun
Alternative form of aetiology
aldington
aleknight
alginates
alginates
noun
plural of alginate
algorithm
algorithm
noun
(countable) A collection of ordered steps that solve a mathematical problem. A precise step-by-step plan for a computational procedure that possibly begins with an input value and yields an output value in a finite number of steps.
(uncountable, obsolete) Calculation with Arabic numerals; algorism.
alighting
alighting
noun
The act of one who alights.
verb
present participle of alight
alignment
alignment
noun
(astronomy) The conjunction of two celestial objects.
(bioinformatics) A way of arranging DNA, RNA or protein sequences in order to identify regions of similarity.
(role-playing games) In a roleplaying game, one of a set number of philosophical attitudes a character can take.
(transport) The precise route or course taken by a linear way (road, railway, footpath, etc.) between two points.
An alliance of factions.
An arrangement of items in a line.
The process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned; the condition of having its parts so adjusted.
aliturgic
aliturgic
adj
Not liturgic; without a liturgy.
allegiant
allegiant
adj
Steadfastly loyal, especially to a monarch or government.
allergist
allergist
noun
A doctor who specializes in the treatment of allergies.
allgovite
alligated
alligated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alligate
alligator
alligator
intj
Used in a common chronometric counting scheme, in which the speaker counts out loud, saying the word "alligator" between the numbers so that each number is spoken approximately one second after the last one.
noun
(Nigeria) dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis)
(formerly) Applied to any species of crocodile.
(metalworking) A form of squeezer for the puddle ball.
(mining) A rock breaker.
(obsolete) One who binds or ties.
(paleontology) A member of the family Alligatoridae, which includes the caimans.
(printing) A kind of job press.
Any of various vehicles that have relatively long, low noses in front of a cab or other, usually windowed, structure.
Either of two species of large amphibious reptile, Alligator mississippiensis or Alligator sinensis, in the genus Alligator within order Crocodilia, which have sharp teeth and very strong jaws and are native to the Americas and China, respectively.
verb
(intransitive, of paint or other coatings) To crack in a pattern resembling an alligator's skin.
allotting
allotting
verb
present participle of allot
altigraph
altigraph
noun
An altimeter that makes a recording on a chart.
ambiguity
ambiguity
noun
(countable) words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from its context.
(uncountable) The state of being ambiguous.
amidating
amidating
adj
(organic chemistry) That causes an amidation reaction
aminating
aminating
verb
present participle of aminate
amounting
amounting
verb
present participle of amount
analgetic
analgetic
noun
analgesic
analogist
analogist
noun
One who reasons from analogy, or represents by an analogy.
angdistis
angiocyst
angiolith
angiolith
noun
A calcareous deposit in the wall of a blood vessel
angiomata
angiotome
angiotomy
angiotomy
noun
(anatomy) dissection of the blood vessels and lymphatics of the body
anglesite
anglesite
noun
(mineralogy) A crystalline mineral form of lead sulfate, PbSO₄, formed by the weathering of galena.
anglicist
anglicist
Noun
Expert on English studies.
animating
animating
verb
present participle of animate
anointing
anointing
noun
anointment
verb
present participle of anoint
antalgics
antalgics
noun
plural of antalgic
antheming
antheming
verb
present participle of anthem
anticking
anticking
verb
present participle of antic
antigenes
antigenes
noun
plural of antigene
antigenic
antigenic
adj
(biology, obsolete) Sexually dimorphic, especially with reference to lepidopterans.
(immunology) Of or relating to an antigen.
antiglare
antiglare
adj
Acting to reduce or combat glare
antigonon
antigonon
noun
Any of three American vines, of the genus Antigonon, including the chain of hearts and the coral vine
antigonus
antigraft
antigraft
adj
(politics) Opposed to or working against graft
antigraph
antigraph
noun
(obsolete) A copy or transcript.
(textual criticism) A manuscript from which a copy (apograph) is made.
antikings
antikings
noun
plural of antiking
antilogic
antilogic
noun
Failure to obey logic; fallacious thinking or reasoning.
antinegro
antinegro
adj
Opposing Negros.
antiquing
antiquing
verb
present participle of antique
antitragi
antitragi
noun
plural of antitragus
antiwedge
antralgia
anythings
anythings
noun
plural of anything
aplington
apologist
apologist
noun
One who makes an apology.
One who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution.
aragonite
aragonite
noun
(mineralogy) An evaporite consisting of anhydrous calcium carbonate with the chemical formula CaCO₃; it is dimorphous with calcite.
arbitrage
arbitrage
noun
(archaic) Arbitration.
(finance) A market activity in which a security, commodity, currency or other tradable item is bought in one market and sold simultaneously in another, in order to profit from price differences between the markets.
verb
(intransitive, finance) To employ arbitrage
(transitive, finance) To engage in arbitrage in, between, or among
arctogeic
argentide
argentina
argentine
argentine
adj
Containing or resembling silver.
noun
(mineralogy) A siliceous variety of calcite, or lime carbonate, having a silvery-white, pearly lustre, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.
Any osmeriform fish of the genus Argentina, especially European argentine (Argentina sphyraena).
White metal coated with silver.
argentino
argention
argention
noun
(chemistry, archaic) ionized silver
argentite
argentite
noun
(mineralogy) Silver sulfide, (Ag₂S), a primary ore of silver, in cubic or hexoctahedral crystals.
argillite
argillite
noun
(geology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock, intermediate between shale and slate, sometimes used as a building material
arkwright
arkwright
noun
(obsolete) A maker of cabinets or chests.
arlington
arlington
Proper noun
A place name.
a CDP which is coterminous with Virginia, USA.
Arlington National Cemetery (in Arlington County, Virginia) an American military cemetery, which includes among other things the tomb of the unknown soldiers.
armangite
armangite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral black mineral containing arsenic, carbon, hydrogen, manganese, and oxygen.
armington
arointing
arointing
verb
present participle of aroint
aroynting
aroynting
verb
present participle of aroynt
arresting
arresting
adj
striking, gripping
verb
present participle of arrest
arrington
arterying
articling
articling
verb
present participle of article
arylating
arylating
adj
(organic chemistry) That inserts aryl groups into molecules.
verb
present participle of arylate
assenting
assenting
verb
present participle of assent
asserting
asserting
noun
The act of making assertions.
verb
present participle of assert
assignats
assignats
noun
plural of assignat
assisting
assisting
adj
(archaic) Helpful; auxiliary (to).
noun
assistance; help given
verb
present participle of assist
assorting
assorting
verb
present participle of assort
astigmias
astigmias
noun
plural of astigmia
astigmism
astigmism
noun
Archaic form of astigmatism.
astonying
astonying
verb
present participle of astony
astragali
astragali
noun
plural of astragalus
astrangia
astringed
astringed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of astringe
astringer
astringer
noun
Obsolete form of austringer.
astringes
astringes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of astringe
astroglia
astroglia
noun
The group of star-shaped glial cells in the brain and spinal cord