An act in which something or someone is abandoned; abandonment, neglect
verb
present participle and gerund of abandon
abiogenist
abiogenist
noun
(biology) One who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent life.
abiogenous
abiogenous
adj
(biology) Produced by spontaneous generation.
ablegation
ablegation
noun
(obsolete) Expulsion; banishment.
abnegation
abnegation
noun
A denial; a renunciation; denial of desire or self-interest.
abnegators
abnegators
noun
plural of abnegator
abolishing
abolishing
verb
present participle of abolish
aboriginal
aboriginal
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Aboriginal
First according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive.
Living in a land before colonization by the Europeans.
noun
An animal or plant native to a region.
aborigines
aborigines
noun
(history) The inhabitants of a location before colonization by the Europeans occurred.
Indigenous flora and fauna.
The original people of a location, originally Greek and Roman.
plural of aborigine
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.
abrogators
abrogators
noun
plural of abrogator
absconding
absconding
noun
An instance in which someone absconds.
verb
present participle of abscond
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.
acidogenic
acidogenic
adj
Which generates acid or acidity.
acrogamous
acrogenous
acrogenous
adj
(botany) Increasing by growth from the extremity.
acrography
acrography
noun
A method of relief etching on wood, metal, or stone by means of a coating of compressed chalk, invented by Louis Schonberg in 1841.
An organizing principle for written lists, based on initial glyphs.
Decorative plaster work of various styles used in middle eastern architecture.
acrogynous
acrogynous
adj
(botany) Producing archegonia from the apical cell of a reproductive branch.
acrologies
acrologism
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.
acrorhagus
acrorhagus
noun
Any of a set of marginal tubercles of sea anemones containing specialized nematocysts
actinogram
actinogram
noun
The record produced by an actinograph
actinology
actinology
noun
(sciences) The study of the effect of light on chemicals.
acutograve
adagiettos
adagiettos
noun
plural of adagietto
adagissimo
adagissimo
adv
(music) Very slowly.
adephagous
adephagous
adj
Relating to the Adephaga
greedy, gluttonous
adipogenic
adipogenic
adj
(biology) That forms fat, or fatty tissue; lipogenic
adjourning
adjourning
verb
present participle of adjourn
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.
adolescing
adolescing
verb
present participle of adolesce
adorningly
adorningly
adv
decoratively; using adornments.
advocating
advocating
verb
present participle of advocate
aeciostage
aedoeology
aegithalos
aegopodium
aerobating
aerobating
verb
present participle of aerobate
aerogenous
aerogenous
adj
(biology) Transmitted through the air.
aerogramme
aerogramme
noun
Alternative spelling of aerogram
aerography
aerography
noun
A branch of surrealist art in which a three-dimensional object is used as a stencil.
The production of weather charts.
aerologies
aerologies
noun
plural of aerology
aerologist
aerologist
noun
One who studies, or is knowledgable in, aerology.
aerophagia
aerophagia
noun
aerophagy
aeruginous
aeruginous
adj
Of or pertaining to copper-rust or verdigris.
aetiogenic
aetiologue
affronting
affronting
noun
The offering of an affront.
verb
present participle of affront
aforegoing
aforegoing
adj
(archaic) preceding, going before.
afterglows
afterglows
noun
plural of afterglow
agalactous
agalactous
adj
Lacking milk to suckle with.
agallochum
agallochum
noun
agalloch
agamospore
agathocles
agathology
agathology
noun
The science or theory of the good.
aggelation
aggeration
aggeration
noun
A heaping up; accumulation.
aggravator
aggravator
noun
(UK, slang, obsolete) Synonym of Newgate knocker (“a lock of hair worn twisted back toward the ear”)
One who or that which aggravates.
aggregator
aggregator
noun
(Internet) An online feed reader used to keep track of updates to blogs, etc.
Someone or something which aggregates.
aggression
aggression
noun
Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.
The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.
The practice or habit of launching attacks.
aggressors
aggressors
noun
plural of aggressor
agillawood
agitations
agitations
noun
plural of agitation
aglaozonia
aglipayano
aglobulism
aglutition
aglutition
noun
(medicine) Inability to swallow.
agmatology
agnoiology
agnoiology
noun
The study of things of which cannot be known.
agnostical
agnostical
adj
Alternative form of agnostic
agnotozoic
agomphious
agomphious
adj
toothless
agomphosis
agomphosis
Noun
Looseness of the teeth.
agoniatite
agonistics
agonistics
noun
The range of activities associated with aggressive encounters between members of the same species, including threat, attack, appeasement, or retreat.
agonizedly
agonizedly
adv
In an agonized manner
agonothete
agonothete
noun
Alternative form of agonothetes
agoramania
agoranomus
agostadero
agreations
agregation
agricolist
agricolist
noun
A cultivator of the soil; an agriculturist.
agricolite
agricolous
agricolous
adj
Dwelling in the fields, especially as an agricultural laborer.
agricultor
agricultor
noun
(archaic) agriculturist, farmer
agrimonies
agrimonies
noun
plural of agrimony
agrionidae
agriotypus
agrologies
agrologist
agrologist
noun
One who studies or carries out agrology.
agronomial
agronomial
adj
Synonym of agronomic
agronomics
agronomics
noun
The science of soil management and the production of field crops.