(biology) One who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent life.
ablegation
ablegation
noun
(obsolete) Expulsion; banishment.
abnegation
abnegation
noun
A denial; a renunciation; denial of desire or self-interest.
abrogating
abrogating
verb
present participle of abrogate
abrogation
abrogation
noun
The act of abrogating; a repeal by authority; abolition.
abrogative
abrogative
adj
Tending or designed to abrogate.
accounting
accounting
noun
(business) The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.
(law) An equitable remedy requiring wrongfully obtained profits to be distributed to those who deserve them.
A relaying of events; justification of actions.
verb
present participle of account
accoutring
accoutring
verb
present participle of accoutre
accrington
accrington
Proper noun
A town in Hyndburn borough, Lancashire, England.
actinogram
actinogram
noun
The record produced by an actinograph
actinology
actinology
noun
(sciences) The study of the effect of light on chemicals.
adagiettos
adagiettos
noun
plural of adagietto
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.
advocating
advocating
verb
present participle of advocate
aeciostage
aegithalos
aerobating
aerobating
verb
present participle of aerobate
aerologist
aerologist
noun
One who studies, or is knowledgable in, aerology.
aetiogenic
aetiologue
affronting
affronting
noun
The offering of an affront.
verb
present participle of affront
aggelation
aggeration
aggeration
noun
A heaping up; accumulation.
agitations
agitations
noun
plural of agitation
aglutition
aglutition
noun
(medicine) Inability to swallow.
agnostical
agnostical
adj
Alternative form of agnostic
agnotozoic
agoniatite
agonistics
agonistics
noun
The range of activities associated with aggressive encounters between members of the same species, including threat, attack, appeasement, or retreat.
An assertion, especially an accusation, not necessarily based on facts.
The act of alleging.
allegorist
allegorist
noun
One who speaks in, or writes, allegories.
alligation
alligation
noun
(obsolete) An old practical method of solving arithmetic problems related to mixtures of ingredients.
(obsolete) The act of tying together or attaching by some bond.
(obsolete) The state of being attached.
Misspelling of allegation.
alligators
alligators
noun
plural of alligator
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alligator
allocating
allocating
verb
present participle of allocate
ambagitory
ambagitory
adj
(obsolete) periphrastic or circumlocutory
amortising
amortising
verb
present participle of amortise
amortizing
amortizing
verb
present participle of amortize
angarstroi
angioblast
angioblast
noun
(biology) A cell that differentiates into blood cells and endothelium within an embryo.
angioclast
angiometer
angiopathy
angiopathy
noun
(pathology) Any disease of the blood vessels.
angiostomy
angiostomy
noun
(surgery) The formation of an opening into a blood vessel, typically by means of a cannula
angiotasis
angiotonic
angiotonic
adj
That increases blood pressure
angiotonin
angiotonin
noun
A vasoconstrictor that causes narrowing of blood vessels
angiotribe
angiotribe
noun
An instrument for controlling hemorrhages
angulation
angulation
noun
An angular part, position, or formation.
The formation of an abnormal angle or bend in an organ
The formation of angles.
angulosity
angulosity
noun
(obsolete) angularity
angwantibo
angwantibo
noun
Either of two small primates, of the genus Arctocebus, similar to lemurs
annotating
annotating
verb
present participle of annotate
anogenital
anogenital
adj
(anatomy) Of, or relating to, the anus and genitals.
antagonise
antagonise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of antagonize.
antagonism
antagonism
noun
A strong natural dislike or hatred; antipathy.
antagonist
antagonist
noun
(anatomy) A muscle that acts in opposition to another.
(authorship) The main character or force opposing the protagonist in a literary work or drama.
(biochemistry) A chemical that binds to a receptor but does not produce a physiological response, blocking the action of agonist chemicals.
An opponent or enemy.
One who antagonizes or stirs.
antagonize
antagonize
verb
(transitive) To work against; to oppose (especially to incite reaction)
antiboxing
antiboxing
adj
Opposing the sport of boxing.
antidoting
antidoting
verb
present participle of antidote
antiegoism
antiegoist
antigorite
antigorite
noun
(mineralogy) A brownish-green variety of serpentine.
antigrowth
antigrowth
adj
Opposing or countering growth.
antigyrous
antilogies
antilogies
noun
plural of antilogy
antilogism
antilogism
noun
(logic) A false syllogism in which two premises contradict the third
antilogous
antilogous
adj
Being or relating to that pole of a crystal which becomes negatively electrified when heated.
Of the contrary name or character; opposite.
antioxygen
antioxygen
noun
The antimatter counterpart of oxygen. Made up of positron and antiprotons instead of electrons and protons.
aphthongia
aphthongia
noun
(medicine, archaic) An inability to speak caused by muscular spasms.
apiologist
apiologist
noun
A person who studies apiology, the science of bees and honey-making.
apologetic
apologetic
adj
(dated) Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense.
Having the character of apology; regretfully excusing.
apologists
apologists
noun
plural of apologist
appointing
appointing
verb
present participle of appoint
aragonitic
aragonitic
adj
(geology) Of, pertaining to, or formed from aragonite
arctogaeic
areologist
areologist
noun
(astronomy) One who studies the planet Mars.
areopagist
areopagite
argoletier
argoletier
noun
(obsolete, military) A light mounted soldier; a mounted bowman.
argonautic
argonautic
adj
(by extension) adventurous
relating to Jason's ship, the Argo
argonautid
argonautid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Argonautidae.
argutation
argutation
noun
(obsolete) caviling; subtle disputation
argyrodite
argyrodite
noun
(mineralogy) An uncommon silver germanium sulfide mineral, black with a purplish tinge and metallic lustre.
aristology
aristology
noun
The art or science of dining.
arragonite
arragonite
noun
Alternative form of aragonite
arrogating
arrogating
verb
present participle of arrogate
arrogation
arrogation
noun
(law) The unjust assumption of rights or privilege.
arrogative
arrogative
adj
Making undue claims and pretensions; prone to arrogance.
astounding
astounding
adj
That astounds or astound.
verb
present participle of astound
astrogonic
astrogonic
adj
Of or pertaining to astrogony.
astrologic
astrologic
adj
Archaic form of astrological.
athrogenic
atmologist
atmologist
noun
One who is versed in atmology.
atrophying
atrophying
verb
present participle of atrophy
auctioning
auctioning
verb
present participle of auction
auguration
auguration
noun
The practice of augury.
aurigation
aurigation
noun
The act of driving a chariot or a carriage.
authorling
authorling
noun
A young or insignificant author.
autogamies
autogamies
noun
plural of autogamy
autogenies
autognosis
autognosis
noun
self-knowledge; the understanding of one's character and peculiarities
autojigger
autologist
autolyzing
autolyzing
verb
present participle of autolyze
automating
automating
verb
present participle of automate
autophagia
autophagia
noun
The eating of one's own body.
autopsying
autopsying
verb
present participle of autopsy
autosexing
autosexing
noun
The identification of the sex of newborn chicks by their physical appearance, possible with certain breeds of poultry.
avogadrite
avogadrite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing boron, cesium, fluorine, and potassium.
axiologist
axiologist
noun
A person, especially a philosopher, who studies theory of value.
ballington
baroneting
barrington
barrington
Proper noun
A village in Cambridgeshire, England
A village in Somerset, England
A village in Illinois
A town in New Hampshire
A borough in New Jersey
A town in New York
A village in New South Wales, Australia
A town in Rhode Island
batfowling
batfowling
noun
A method of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost so that the birds fly towards the light.
bayoneting
bayoneting
noun
A stabbing with a bayonet.
verb
(US) present participle of bayonet
beclothing
beclothing
verb
present participle of beclothe
bedlington
beknotting
bennington
bennington
Noun
A distinctive type of glazed ceramic marble, usually blue or brown.
Proper noun
a town in Vermont, USA, and one of the two shire towns (county seats) in Bennington County. Named after
beshouting
beshouting
verb
present participle of beshout
besoothing
besoothing
verb
present participle of besoothe
bespotting
bespotting
verb
present participle of bespot
bestrowing
bestrowing
verb
present participle of bestrow
betainogen
bethorning
betokening
betokening
verb
present participle of betoken
betrothing
betrothing
verb
present participle of betroth
bevomiting
bevomiting
verb
present participle of bevomit
bigmouthed
bigmouthed
adj
(of a person) Loud or talkative, especially in an indiscreet manner.
Having a large mouth.
binghamton
binghamton
Proper noun
a city and a town in New York, USA, the city is the county seat of The town was named after
an unincorporated community in Wisconsin, USA.
biogenetic
biogenetic
adj
Of or pertaining to biogenesis.
Of or pertaining to biogenetics.
biologists
biologists
noun
plural of biologist
bloodguilt
bloodguilt
noun
guilt of wrongfully causing death or shedding blood
blottingly
blottingly
adv
So as to blot out or conceal.
So as to produce blots.
bloviating
bloviating
verb
present participle of bloviate
boastingly
boastingly
adv
Boastfully.
boatwright
boatwright
noun
A maker of boats, especially of traditional wooden construction.
bobtailing
bobtailing
verb
present participle of bobtail
bodyweight
bodyweight
adj
Employing (only) a person's own weight as resistance to movement for the purpose of physical exercise.