Not caused by bacteria; characterized by a lack of bacteria.
abalienate
abalienate
verb
(civil law, transitive) To transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate.
(obsolete) To estrange; to cause alienation of.
abbevilean
abdominals
abdominals
noun
plural of abdominal
abhorrible
abhorrible
adj
(rare, obsolete) Detestable.
abilitable
ablastemic
ablastemic
adj
(biology) Non-germinal; unable to form a blastema or offspring.
ablatively
ablatively
adv
In an ablative manner.
ablegation
ablegation
noun
(obsolete) Expulsion; banishment.
ablepharia
ablepharia
noun
(medicine) A congenital absence or reduction in size of eyelids.
ableptical
ableptical
adj
Alternative form of ableptic (“blind”)
abmodality
abolishers
abolishers
noun
plural of abolisher
abolishing
abolishing
verb
present participle of abolish
abolitions
abolitions
noun
plural of abolition
abominable
abominable
adj
(obsolete) Excessive, large (used as an intensifier).
Disagreeable or unpleasant.
Very bad or inferior.
Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.
abominably
abominably
adv
In an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably.
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.
abortional
abortional
adj
(rare) Pertaining to abortion; miscarrying; abortive.
abortively
abortively
adv
In an abortive or untimely manner; immaturely; fruitlessly.
abranchial
abranchial
adj
(zoology) Lacking gills.
abrasively
abrasively
adv
Hardly; roughly; in a rough manner.
In an abrasive manner; in a rude and unkind manner; acting in a way that may hurt other people's feelings.
abridgable
abridgable
adj
Capable of being abridged.
abridgedly
abridgedly
adv
in an abridged manner, in a manner that is cut short or shortened
absinthial
absinthial
adj
Of or pertaining to wormwood; absinthian.
absinthole
absolution
absolution
noun
(civil law, obsolete) An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent.
(ecclesiastical) An absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.
(obsolete) Delivery, in speech.
An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
The forgiveness of sins, in a general sense.
The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.
absolutism
absolutism
noun
(philosophy) Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute.
(political science, sociology) The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.
(rare) The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope; absoluteness.
(theology) Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner.
Positiveness; the state of being absolute.
absolutist
absolutist
adj
Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; uncompromising.
noun
(metaphysics) One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the Absolute.
An uncompromising person; one who maintains certain principles to be absolute.
One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.
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.
absolvitor
absolvitor
noun
(Scotland, law) A decision or decree made by a court in favour of the defendant in a given action; dismissal.
abterminal
abterminal
adj
(anatomy, of an electrical current in a muscle) Away from the end and towards the centre
abulomania
abulomania
noun
Alternative form of aboulomania
abyssolith
abyssolith
noun
(geology) A mass of igneous rock deep in the crust with no known bottom; a large batholith.
academical
academical
adj
(rare) Belonging to the school of Plato; believing in Plato's philosophy; sceptical .
Pertaining to a university or other form of higher education.
noun
(plural only) Academic dress, consisting of a cap and gown.
acadialite
acadialite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral found in Nova Scotia consisting of red chabazite.
acalephoid
acalephoid
adj
Belonging to or resembling the Acalephae, or jellyfishes.
acanonical
acanonical
adj
Not canonical
acaricidal
acaricidal
adj
Deadly to acarids.
accendible
accendible
adj
(obsolete) Capable of being inflamed or kindled; combustible; inflammable
accessible
accessible
adj
(art, literature) Easily understood or appreciated.
(followed by to) Open to the influence of.
(of a person) Easy to get along with.
(specifically) Built or designed as to be usable by people with disabilities.
Capable of being used or seen.
Easy of access or approach.
Obtainable; to be got at.
accessibly
accessibly
adv
In an accessible manner.
accidental
accidental
adj
(geometry) Being a double point with two distinct tangent planes in 4-dimensional projective space.
(music) Adjusted by one or two semitones, in temporary departure from the key signature.
(philosophy) Nonessential to something's inherent nature (especially in Aristotelian thought).
Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional.
Occurring sometimes, by chance; occasional.
Pertaining to accident and not essence; thus, inessential; incidental; secondary.
noun
(music) A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.
(painting, plural only) Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.
A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
Part of a text that has a mainly structural purpose, such as spelling, punctuation, or capitalization.
accidently
accidently
adv
(now nonstandard) Accidentally; by chance, unintentionally.
accipitral
accipitral
adj
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a falcon or hawk; hawklike
acclaimers
acclaimers
noun
plural of acclaimer
acclaiming
acclaiming
adj
That acclaims; applauding, welcoming enthusiastically.
verb
present participle of acclaim
acclimated
acclimated
adj
accustomed, adapted or hardened to some environment
verb
(chiefly US) simple past tense and past participle of acclimate
acclimates
acclimates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acclimate
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.
accomplish
accomplish
verb
(transitive) To complete, as time or distance.
(transitive) To execute fully; to fulfill; to complete successfully.
(transitive) To finish successfully.
(transitive, Philippines) to fill out a form.
(transitive, archaic) To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.
(transitive, obsolete) To gain; to obtain.
accusingly
accusingly
adv
In an accusing manner.
acephalina
acephaline
acephaline
adj
Of or pertaining to the parasitic protozoans of the suborder Acephalina
acephalism
acephalism
noun
The congenital lack of a head.
acephalist
acephalist
noun
(obsolete) One who acknowledges no head or superior
acephalite
acephalite
Noun
A Paulician, a member of an early gnostic Christian heresy.
acervuline
acervuline
adj
Resembling little heaps.
acetaminol
acetanilid
acetanilid
noun
Alternative form of acetanilide
acetolysis
acetolysis
noun
(organic chemistry) The breakdown of an organic compound using either acetic acid or acetic anhydride
acetolytic
acetolytic
adj
Relating to acetolysis.
acetylenic
acetylenic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to acetylene or its derivatives; having a carbon-to-carbon triple bond
acetylized
acetylized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acetylize
acetylizer
acetylizer
noun
Synonym of acetylator
achievable
achievable
adj
Capable of being achieved, which either means possible or probable.
Not linked to fate or outside influences.
achilleine
achilleine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid (C₂₀H₃₈N₂O₁₅) found in plants of the genus Achillea.
achimelech
achitophel
achronical
achronical
adj
(astronomy) Alternative form of achronic
acichlorid
acicularly
acicularly
adj
In an acicular way.
aciculated
aciculated
adj
Alternative form of aciculate
acidolysis
acidolysis
noun
(chemistry) Decomposition of a molecule under the influence of an acid.
acidophile
acidophile
noun
A plant that thrives in relatively acid soil.
An organism that lives and thrives under acidic conditions; a form of extremophile.
acidulated
acidulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acidulate
acidulates
acidulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acidulate
acleistous
acolapissa
acolyctine
acolyctine
noun
(organic chemistry) An organic base, in the form of a white powder, obtained from Aconitum lycoctonum.
aconelline
acoustical
acoustical
adj
Of or pertaining to hearing or acoustics.
acquirable
acquirable
adj
Capable of being acquired.
acquisible
acquisible
adj
Synonym of acquirable (“capable of being acquired”)
acquittals
acquittals
noun
plural of acquittal
acrasiales
acriflavin
acriflavin
noun
Alternative form of acriflavine
acrindolin
acrolithan
acrolithan
Adjective
Relating to, or like, an acrolith.
acrolithic
acrolithic
adj
Relating to, or like, an acrolith.
acrologies
acrologism
acronichal
acropoleis
acropoleis
noun
plural of acropolis
acrostical
acrostical
adj
Like an acrostic.
acrostolia
acroterial
acroterial
adj
Pertaining to an acroterium.
actability
actability
noun
The condition of being actable
actinolite
actinolite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral with monoclinic crystals of the chemical formula Ca₂(Mg,Fe)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂, belonging to the amphibole group.
actinology
actinology
noun
(sciences) The study of the effect of light on chemicals.
actinozoal
actinozoal
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Actinozoa.
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.
actionably
actionably
adv
In an actionable manner.
actionless
actionless
adj
Lacking action; particularly with respect to entertainment, dull, boring.
actualised
actualised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actualise
actualized
actualized
adj
Having become actual; having been realized or made real.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actualize
actualizes
actualizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of actualize
aculeiform
aculeiform
adj
Like a prickle or thorn
adactylism
adactylism
noun
(biology, medicine) Synonym of adactyly.
adairville
adamellite
adamellite
noun
(mineralogy) monzonite
adamically
adamitical
adamsville
adaptional
adaptional
adj
(biology) Applied to the process by which an organism is fitted or adapted to its environment
Relating or pertaining to adaptation, or the action of adapting.
adaptively
adaptively
adv
In an adaptive manner; with adaptation; in a fitting manner
adaptorial
adaptorial
adj
Tending to adapt or fit; adaptive.
addability
addability
noun
Alternative spelling of addibility
addibility
addibility
noun
Capability of addition; capability of being added to or added together.
addieville
additional
additional
adj
Supplemental or added to something.
noun
Something added.
additively
additively
adv
In an additive manner.
addlebrain
addlebrain
noun
An addlebrained person.
adenoviral
adenoviral
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or caused by an adenovirus
adhesional
adhesional
adj
Relating to adhesion.
adhesively
adhesively
adv
In an adhesive manner; by adhesion.
adiabolist
adiabolist
noun
(obsolete) one who does not believe in the Devil.
adiaphoral
adiaphoral
adj
Being or relating to an adiaphoron.
adipolysis
adipolysis
noun
(anatomy, medicine) The process of converting fat into free fatty acids, especially by the action of enzymes.
adipolytic
adipolytic
adj
(biochemistry) That hydrolyses fat into free fatty acids, especially by the action of enzymes
adjectival
adjectival
adj
(grammar) Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective.
(law) Of or relating to procedure, especially to technicalities thereof.
noun
An adjectival phrase or clause.
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.
adlumidine
adminicula
admiringly
admiringly
adv
In an admiring manner.
admissable
admissable
adj
Alternative spelling of admissible
admissible
admissible
adj
(artificial intelligence) Describing a heuristic that never overestimates the cost of reaching a goal.
Capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable.
admissibly
admissibly
adv
in a manner that is admissible; acceptably
admittable
admittable
adj
Able to be admitted.
admittedly
admittedly
adv
As is acknowledged to be true; by general admission; confessedly.
admittible
admittible
adj
Archaic spelling of admittable.
adolescing
adolescing
verb
present participle of adolesce
adoptional
adoptional
adj
Of or relating to adoption.
adoptively
adoptively
adv
In a adoptive manner; by adoption.
adorningly
adorningly
adv
decoratively; using adornments.
adradially
adradially
adv
In an adradial manner.
adrenaline
adrenaline
noun
(biochemistry) epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter.
Excitement; thrills.
adrenalize
adrenalize
verb
American spelling and Oxford British English standard spelling of adrenalise.
adrianople
adterminal
adullamite
adullamite
Noun
An inhabitant of Adullam. Near this town there was a cave where David and his allies sought refuge from Saul.
A member of the anti-reform faction of the British Liberal Party in the 19th century.
adulteries
adulteries
noun
plural of adultery
adulterine
adulterine
adj
Born of adultery.
Illegal; unlicensed.
Pertaining to adultery.
Spurious; due to adulteration.
noun
(rare) One born of an adulterous union.
adulterize
adulterize
verb
(intransitive, largely obsolete) To commit adultery.
(transitive, intransitive, uncommon) To adulterate.